England XV vs France XV live: Latest score and updates

George Ford will soon join his fellow skipper in reaching a century of England caps – and the fly half is far from done, as he told Paul Eddison…

On to today, then, and it’s a return to the England (co-)captaincy for Jamie George – the hooker feels like a key figure in Steve Borthwick’s young squad after narrowly missing out on Lions selection.

We’ll begin the build up to today’s action in a moment, but first a look back at last night and the start of the British and Irish Lions summer in earnest. It was defeat to begin for Andy Farrell’s tourists, Argentina rather pooping the party in Dublin as the Pumas showed their claws in a really good performance…

A very good afternoon and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of an intriguing little non-capped encounter between two exciting sides at a sun-soaked Twickenham. Fully fledged these England and France teams may not be but there is talent aplenty on each side this afternoon – kick off is at 3pm BST.