Curry starts for England in Argentina play-off

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Venue: Stade de France, Paris Date: Friday, 27 October Kick-off: 20:00 BST
Coverage: Commentary on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, plus text updates on the BBC Sport website and app.

Flanker Tom Curry starts England's Rugby World Cup third-place play-off against Argentina after a week of controversy.

Elsewhere Marcus Smith comes in at full-back and Henry Arundell is on the wing as two of eight new starters.

Scrum-half Ben Youngs makes his first start of the tournament.

England: Smith; Steward, Marchant, Tuilagi, Arundell; Farrell (capt), Youngs; Genge, Dan, Stuart, Itoje, Chessum, Curry, Underhill, Earl.

Replacements: George, Rodd, Cole, Ribbans, Ludlam, Care, Ford, Lawrence.

More to follow.

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