“Better options” – Will Greenwood leaves Genge and Simmonds out of his England XV

SECOND-ROW:

• 4. Maro Itoje (Saracens, 55 caps)
• 5. Jonny HIll (Exeter Chiefs, 9 caps)

BACK-ROW:

• 6. Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 89 caps)
• 7. Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 35 caps)
• 8. Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins, 5 caps)

Greenwood on Dombrandt: “Super tight selection at No 8. Sam Simmonds certainly gets the nod on the bench after narrowly missing out on the starting XV. A hat-trick in Montpellier quashed any doubts that he couldn’t do it at the highest level.”

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