Drop Ollie Chessum:
He wrote: “I would have Lawes in the second row, with Maro Itoje and a back row of Mercer at No 8, with Ben Earl at six alongside just to get some more pace into the whole thing.”
Sir Clive Woodward’s England XV:
15. Marcus Smith
14. Henry Arundell
13. Joe Marchant
12. Manu Tuilagi
11. Freddie Steward
10. Owen Farrell
9. Alex Mitchell
1. Ellis Genge
2. Jamie George
3. Kyle Sinckler
4. Maro Itoje
5. Courtney Lawes
6. Ben Earl
7. Tom Curry
8. Zach Mercer