Delon Armitage (London Irish)
Paul Sackey (Wasps)
Jamie Noon (Newcastle)
Riki Flutey (Wasps)
Ugo Monye (Harlequins)
Toby Flood (Leicester)
Danny Care (Harlequins)
Tim Payne (Wasps)
Lee Mears (Bath)
Phil Vickery (Wasps)
Steve Borthwick (Saracens, capt)
Nick Kennedy (London Irish)
James Haskell (Wasps)
Michael Lipman (Bath)
Nick Easter (Harlequins).
Replacements
Dylan Hartley (Northampton)
Matt Stevens (Bath)
Tom Croft (Leicester)
Tom Rees (Wasps), Harry Ellis (Leicester)
Danny Cipriani (Wasps)
Dan Hipkiss (Leicester)
Oh joy so it seems more muddled selection thinking. Noon survives again. Cipriani dropped. Right call? Well, it seems he is taking the flack for the dog’s breakfast against South Africa. I would have kept him in. See how he likes coping with Mr. Nonu! That would have been more punishment! Rees is dropped despite being one of the few relative successes last week. Kennedy back – have they admitted it was a mistake to discard him after the Pacific Isles match?
Weird on the bench. Gone is the 5/2 split, again, is this an admission it was flawed original thinking to have it for three matches? No lock on bench, unless Croft is now seen as a lock? Hang on I thought Kennedy was viewed as being lightweight? No Crane on bench – I thought he was worth a go. Pleased to see Hipkiss on bench at least.
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