Aviva Premiership Round 2: 5 things we learned

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Competition for placesStuart Lancaster must be scratching his head.

In several positions, the opening two rounds of the Premiership have seen some real strength in depth emerge.

Will Fraser was superb at the weekend, as was James Haskell, while incumbent openside (not to mention captain) Chris Robshaw was less so.

Owen Farrell has only played cameos from the bench so far while George Ford, Freddie Burns and Danny Cipriani make up ground on him with some assured showings.

Sam Hill has been immense for Exeter, as has Luther Burrell for Northampton, and Billy Twelvetrees showed immen…