LIST: 5 Lions hopefuls who failed to impress today

5. Ben Youngs (England)

Fluffed a pass to Jonny May to spoil a promising strike-move in the first half against Italy, and lacked conviction whenever England’s phase-play lost a bit of momentum. Not at his best – which was not helped by replacement Dan Robson making an almost instant impact when he came on.

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