England will field a new-look midfield on Sunday after head coach Eddie Jones dropped Jonathan Joseph, the Bath outside centre, from his 24-man squad to face Italy at Twickenham.

Joseph’s void is set to be filled by Elliot Daly. The Wasps back has featured on the wing in the past four games but his favoured position is outside centre. Daly also featured there ahead of Joseph in the 37-21 victory against South Africa in November.

At an opening training session at Twickenham last Friday, Daly featured in that position outside Owen Farrell at fly half and Ben Te’o at inside centre, which if selected would mean George Ford dropping to the bench. Te’o has impressed as an impact replacement under Jones but is yet to start a match.