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Robshaw returns for Harlequins
ESPN Staff
January 9, 2015
Chris Robshaw starts at openside for Harlequins © Getty Images
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England captain Chris Robshaw will start against Leicester on Saturday as he makes his comeback from a shoulder injury.

Robshaw injured his shoulder against Leinster on December 7 and there were fears he would be forced to miss the first fortnight of the Six Nations with him requiring surgery. However, he avoided undergoing the surgeon's knife and he starts at openside for Harlequins on Saturday.

The news will come as a boost for Stuart Lancaster as their Six Nations opener against Wales on February 6 ticks ever closer.

Lancaster will no doubt be keeping a close eye on proceedings at the Stoop on Friday with Tom Croft lining up in the Tigers' XV. Croft has struggled for game time this season with Jamie Gibson preferred at blindside but he gets the nod and is handed a chance to impress.

Elsewhere, Kyle Eastmond misses out for Bath in their game against Wasps due to injury. He limped off in the first-half of Bath's loss to Leicester last weekend and with him sidelined, Sam Burgess starts at inside centre on Saturday with Jonathan Joseph named at No.13.

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