RICHARD Blaze has retained his place in the England Under 21 starting line-up for the trip to Scotland tomorrow night.

The Worcester lock is part of a fifteen that includes three new faces from the side that beat Italy 48-3.

NEC Harlequins duo Alex Rogers and Tajiv (Tosh) Masson and Bath outside back Nick Abendanon join the match day squad for the first time.

They replace injured Bath hooker Chris Brooker (dead leg) and London Irish's Shane Geraghty, who is being rested.

Blaze's Warriors team-mate, scrum-half Nick Runciman, is on the bench.

Coach Jim Mallinder said: "Scotland are always difficult opposition and they beat us in this competition last year.

"They're putting a lot of emphasis on representative rugby and played a good few warm-up games so know they will be well organised and difficult to beat."