Six Nations 2011: England's Andrew Sheridan returns to face France

Andrew Sheridan has returned to the England team for the match against France. The prop has recovered from the back problem that kept him out of the side's 59-13 victory over Italy. His replacement in that game, Alex Corbisiero, has reverted to the bench. Sheridan is the only change in the squad and the experienced prop will be important in the physical battle with the French scrum. Mike Tindall will lead England again in the absence of Lewis Moody who is still out injured with a swollen knee. Moody was described as "desperate" to play against France by the team manager, Martin Johnson, but it was decided his knee would not be robust enough against the French who, like England, are unbeaten in the tournament. It means Northampton's Tom Wood and Stade Français's James Haskell continue as England's starting flankers, with Leeds's Hendre Fourie in reserve. Johnson said of Moody's absence: "He's our captain, we all know what he brings to the team and he's worked really hard to get back, everyone was confident but these things happen, unfortunately. "He's disappointed, but we haven't had him so far and the other guys have done a good job, we're fully happy with James [Haskell] and Tom [Wood]. It's a consistent team selection, there's lots of guys playing well in the Premiership and putting pressure on the but we thought this was the right group to go with." Johnson also laughed off the France coach Marc Lièvremont comments that his team "don't like" England. "I haven't worked out what [the comments] are," Johnson said. "There were some more today but we've been busy getting ready. I quite like it, it's international sport and it's about backing your country." On the match itself, he added: "Everybody's looking forward to it, the opening game was a big one and now we've won two but we're not getting carried away. They've won eight on the trot in the championship, it's a couple of years ago [that they last lost]. "They can beat anyone in the world, people talk about which team's going to turn up – well, we can't affect that until five o'clock. We can only affect which England turns up – and it's going to be the best one." England Foden (Northampton); Ashton (Northampton), Tindall (Gloucester, capt), Hape (Bath), Cueto (Sale Sharks); Flood (Leicester), Youngs (Leicester); Sheridan (Sale), Hartley (Northampton), Cole (Leicester), Deacon (Leicester), Palmer (Stade Français), Wood (Northampton), Haskell (Stade Français), Easter (Harlequins). Replacements Thompson (Leeds Carnegie), Corbisiero (London Irish), Shaw (Wasps), Fourie (Leeds Carnegie), Care (Harlequins), Wilkinson (Toulon), Banahan (Bath).