Steve Borthwick's squad come into the tournament off a difficult run but the mood in the camp is good
Over time, stalwarts Henry Slade and Sam Underhill were chopped, while a batch of 14 players arrived in week four, mostly from the Saracens vs Sale Premiership final.
In Treviso in 2019, Mike Brown had a ruck with Ben Te’o and both were dropped from the World Cup. Borthwick has been telling us the current squad has “never been tighter”. George Ford, not long back himself from a long-term injury, but now key to England in Farrell’s absence, with Marcus Smith not starting, gave a tutorial on spiral bombs.
Eventually, the World Cup squad of 33 was picked by Borthwick on 7 August, three weeks earlier than necessary, and it didn’t last, with Van Poortvliet and Anthony Watson ruled out, and Mitchell and Jonny May drafted in.
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