England’s Owen Farrell an unwilling centre of attention against Samoa | Robert Kitson

Saracen is putting on a brave face but his move from No10, to make room for George Ford at Twickenham, is an unnatural one• Ford and Farrell pairing dates back to school days• Samoa gave Lancaster chance to experiment - he didn’t take itIf Manu Tuilagi was fit there would be a completely different mood ahead of England’s Test against Samoa. The talk would have been of physical collisions and the Leicester man’s potentially shuddering reunion with his Pacific island confrères. Instead all eyes are on a different English centre, Owen Farrell, and the serious mental challenge now awaiting …