Luke I literally stayed why haha
Farrell at 10... finally! 😆 He's kept Itoje at lock, but Launchbury and Lawes on the bench, so expect to see Itoje at flanker by the end of the game. Would have liked to see Haskell dropped for Clifford or Harrison, and do not agree with Yarde/Nowell, but "In Eddie we trust"! C'mon England, Saturday can't come quick enough!!!
Looks like you're right Tony, makes sense and I think Tom has answered your question Luke
Someone explain to me why nowell has been dropped? Yarde playing for a side that finished 7th, rather than nowell, who scored in the prem final, plays for a team that finished 2nd? Would just like to know.
At the end of the day he's seen them train, and his job is to select a team based on their performance
Yeah In agreement over nowell, I think jones has gone with yarde to add more variation as nowell and Watson are 2 very similar players
I think Eddie has gone for experience for the first test cos it's arguably the most important one of the three, and neither team knows what to expect from the other. I wouldn't be surprised if next week's team has had a few changes.
Would have liked to have seen Itoje at 6, Clifford at 7 and Launchbury at lock. Surely Nowell has been too good to miss out on a start. Questions over Teo's fitness perhaps?
Agree with Matthew though, Jones definitely knows what he's doing.
no Daly?
pretty much agree Sam, although with so little time in the England camp I can see why he hasn't gone with teo. to be honest though I trust Eddie's judgement, he's been right so far. Also would have gone with Nowell over yarde
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