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Pollock left on bench as England field unchanged starting XV against Argentina

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England will take on Argentina in their final match of the summer with the same starting XV, as freshly-capped pair Benhard Janse van Rensburg and Noah Caluori and free-scoring back row Henry Pollock stay on the bench Hat-trick against Fiji insufficient to promote No 8Borthwick expects ‘fantastic atmosphere’ for gameEngland have opted not to start the in-form Henry Pollock against Argentina on Saturday and have instead retained an unchanged starting lineup. The only alterations from last week’s 73-8 win over Fiji are among the replacements where Ben Spencer and the uncapped Northampton loosehead Emmanuel Iyogun come into the matchday 23.Even an eye-catching hat-trick of tries in Liverpool has proved insufficient to earn Pollock a promotion from the bench for this month’s third and final round of Nations Championship fixtures.

The head coach, Steve Borthwick, has chosen to stick with Ben Earl at No 8 and Guy Pepper at openside flanker, with Bristol’s Benhard van Rensburg and Saracens’ Noah Caluori once again handed roles as impact subs.

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