England will unleash their strongest available team on Tonga when they kick off their World Cup campaign on Sunday.
The tiny Island nation has never beaten England and is ranked 12 places below them in the world rankings
But Eddie Jones is taking no chances, doubtless aware of what heavy weather England made of beating Fiji in their World Cup opener four years ago.
The Australian returns to virtually the same side which smashed Ireland by a record score at Twickenham last month, making just the two changes.
Anthony Watson come in for the less experienced Joe Cokanasiga on the right wing and Courtney Lawes replaces George Kruis at lock.
Team captain Owen Farrell starts at inside-centre with George Ford at fly-half and Manu Tuilagi outside him at 13.
In the back row the ploy of fielding two openside flankers in Sam Underhill and Tom Curry, gets only its second outing - the pair lining up either side of Billy Vunipola, whose father and uncle played for Tonga against England at Twickenham in the 1999 World Cup.
Jones said: “The focus this week has been about getting right for Tonga. We have had a good seven days in Japan where we have acclimatised really well, our sleep patterns are good and the physical conditioning of the players is outstanding.
“Now it is about putting in a gameplan against Tonga and it is important to be tactically right. We know they are going to be ferocious and full of pride and passion.
“They are a side if they get a bit of momentum they can be very dangerous and are well coached by Toutai Kefu. The have a great World Cup record and we will need to be at our best on Sunday.”
The match will be played inside Sapporo’s spectacular dome, a space-age baseball stadium with the capacity to host football and rugby by simply replacing the pitch.
Ben Youngs wins his 90th cap at scrum-half, moving to within one of joining Jonny Wilkinson as England’s most-capped back of all time.
ENGLAND
15 Elliot Daly
14 Anthony Watson
13 Manu Tuilagi
12 Owen Farrell (capt)
11 Jonny May
10 George Ford
9 Ben Youngs
1 Joe Marler
2 Jamie George
3 Kyle Sinckler
4 Courtney Lawes
5 Maro Itoje
6 Tom Curry
7 Sam Underhill
8 Billy Vunipola
Replacements
16 Luke Cowan-Dickie
17 Ellis Genge
18 Dan Cole
19 George Kruis
20 Lewis Ludlam
21 Willi Heinz
22 Henry Slade
23 Jonathan Joseph
