Elliot Daly is more likely to substitute the injured Immanuel Feyi-Waboso for England’s last Six Nations match in opposition to France on Saturday, with Steve Borthwick anticipated to maintain modifications to a minimal.
Feyi-Waboso is unavailable for the fixture in Lyon after self-reporting signs of concussion together with his possible alternative being Daly, who began England’s three previous matches and got here off the bench in opposition to Eire.
England’s bench impressed in opposition to Eire, none extra so than Marcus Smith who kicked the successful drop-goal on the loss of life and whereas the Harlequins fly-half is pushing to begin, the expectation is that Borthwick will wish to reward George Ford together with the remainder the aspect who clinched probably the most spectacular win of his tenure to this point.
Borthwick can be with out the 20-year-old Chandler Cunningham-South, who has come off the bench in all 4 matches to this point and caught the attention together with his highly effective ball carrying. His place on the bench may go to Northampton’s Alex Coles, who was a alternative in the victories in opposition to Wales and Italy, whereas the uncapped Man Pepper is an possibility, as are Ethan Roots and Charlie Ewels.
England head to France with an unlikely shot at successful the Six Nations title if Eire slip up in opposition to Scotland however the truth they’re even in rivalry on the ultimate day for the primary time since 2020 represents progress. After the victory in opposition to Eire, Ben Earl – who was named man of the match – rounded on England’s critics, saying: “Apparently we’re the worst England group ever. Now we have finished effectively for that accolade.”
The No 8 stands by his remark however has admitted that adopting such a mentality is just not sustainable as England go seeking a primary win in opposition to Les Bleus in France since 2016.
“That motivation of proving folks fallacious is a fairly myopic, brief‑time period [approach] that lasts one, possibly two weeks at most,” Earl mentioned. “Steve [Borthwick] would by no means allow us to stand nonetheless and say, ‘you realize what boys, we have now had an amazing end result, let’s have per week on the beers and never practice that a lot’.
“Final week counts for nothing in case you lose this week, or not even lose however play poorly. The most effective groups again it up, we wish to be top-of-the-line groups on the planet.
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“We’re 4 video games in now, and defensively, offensively we really feel like we’re actually gelling collectively. It’s fairly thrilling to know you’ve not likely scratched the floor and also you’re solely going to get higher.”
