Sir Clive Woodward has questioned Eddie Jones latest England selection with George Furbank coming under particular criticism.
Earlier this week, the World Cup-winning coach blasted Wasps youngster Jacob Umaga after he was called up ahead of Exeter’s Joe Simmonds, insisting “He makes a lot of mistakes and often in clusters”
“I have seen nothing from George Furbank, ” wrote Woodward in his latest column for the Mail Online.
“Especially since we came out of lockdown, he has done nothing to convince me he is anywhere near first choice for England.”
He added: “Elsewhere, I see no reason to move Henry Slade from his club position of 13, where he has been ripping it up, to accommodate Jonathan Joseph.
“With an eye to the future you must go with Slade at 13 and give Ollie Lawrence a good look at Test rugby at his best position of 12.”
DID YOU KNOW? He was born in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire in 1996 and grew up playing for Huntingdon Stags RFC from the age of 5 to 16. At the time, he attended Kimbolton School where he was an avid cricketer and played in the hockey and football teams.
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What are the Italy v England odds?
- England: 1/1000
- Italy: 50/1
- Draw: 33/1
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What’s our prediction?
England will be expected to win well and will. Italy may be able to hold visitors for the first 50 minutes, but Eddie Jones’ finishers will rip them to shreds in the final third of the match. England by 40
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JOE MARLER
The loosehead-prop has spent the last few weeks doing reconditioning work with the England squad. Once described as frumpy by one mainstream newspaper, it’s fair to say the endless weights are having the desired effect for the 30-year-old
DID YOU KNOW? Despite failing to cross the whitewash in his 66 caps since making his England debut in 2012, he did score in one of his two appearances for the British & Irish Lions during the 2017 tour to New Zealand.