England team to play South Africa: Autumn Nations Series

Thursday, 18 November 2021 at 08:50

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byRugby Rucker

Eddie Jones has named his England team to play South Africa ahead of their clash at Twickenham on Saturday.

The Aussie has named Harlequins three-quarter Joe Marchant on the wing to face South Africa. It will be Marchant's first appearance of the autumn. Manu Tuilagi and Henry Slade are reinstated as midfield partners while Marcus Smith starts at fly-half as expected.

Bevan Rodd will start at loosehead alongside Newcastle hooker, Jamie Blamire. Joe Marler will provide back-up after his Covid isolation, while Leicester hooker Nic Dolly will make his debut off the bench, where this a 6:2 split between forwards and backs.

Courtney Lawes will captain the side after Owen Farrell (ankle) and Jamie George (knee) were forced to withdraw from the squad with injuries sustained in last Saturday’s 32-15 win over Australia

Eddie Jones said:

"This is our biggest game of the season and the final game of the autumn campaign and we want to finish with a bang.

“We’ve been really pleased with the preparation this week and how the team has continued to develop over the past month.

“Now we want to put on our best performance this autumn in front of a capacity 82,000 crowd at Twickenham.”

England’s autumn fixtures

England 69-3 Tonga, 3.15pm on Sat 6 Nov
England 32-15 Australia, 5.30pm on Sat 13 Nov
England vs South Africa, 3.15pm on Sat 20 Nov

Where to watch the Autumn Nations Series:

Prime members can watch the Autumn Nations Series live from 30^th October with the Prime Video app on TVs, mobile devices, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, Fire tablets, games consoles, on Virgin’s V6 TV Box, the Talk Talk TV set top box, Apple TV, Chromecast, BT TV or online.

For a list of all compatible devices visit amazon.co.uk/watchanywhere.

England team to play South Africa:

STARTERS: 1. Bevan Rodd 2. Jamie Blamire 3. Kyle Sinckler 4. Maro Itoje 5. Jonny Hill 6. Courtney Lawes 7. Sam Underhill 8. Tom Curry 9. Ben Youngs 10. Marcus Smith 11. Jonny May 12. Manu Tuilagi 13. Henry Slade 14. Joe Marchant 15. Freddie Steward

FINISHERS: 16. Nic Dolly 17. Joe Marler 18. Will Stuart 19. Charlie Ewels 20. Sam Simmonds 21. Alex Dombrandt 22. Raffi Quirke 23. Max Malins

5 players who’ve been blacklisted by Eddie Jones – and the reason why

#1. Danny Care

Former England start Kyran Bracken was the first person to reveal why the Quins playmaker was mysteriously frozen out of Jones plans in 2018 despite being a regular up until that point.

“He (Care) made the mistake of speaking his mind to Eddie Jones and questioning how he wanted him to play when he was playing with an England ‘B’ team against Japan in the autumn of 2018,” revealed the former England scrum-half.

“Eddie’s response to that was ‘that’s not the attitude I want’ and he binned him from his plans.”

This story was later backed up by England and Harlequins teammate Mike Brown in his column for the Mail Online.

DID YOU KNOW? At age 11 he was invited to join the Academy at Sheffield Wednesday Football Club which meant giving up club rugby union for a fw years

#2. Mako Vunipola

Reports have suggested that the England prop has been left out of England squads of late due to the fact Jones doesn't believe he has enough left in him to reach the 2023 Rugby World Cup. He reportedly told Mako this in a heated discussion in August.

It's suggested the England boss wants to push on with Ellis Genge as his first choice moving forward and doesn't see Vunipola coming back into his plans in the future.

Mako Vunipola of England during the Autumn Nations Cup match between England and Ireland at Twickenham Stadium, Twickenham, London on November 21 2020. - PHOTO: Phil Mingo/PPAUK

#3. Mike Brown

Brown revealed in his column recently: ‘I’d had one of my best seasons for Quins (2018/19) with really good attacking stats (2019), but Eddie had pigeon-holed me as a defensive full-back. At the end of this meeting, he asked if I had anything I wanted to say.

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“I challenged his comments that I was just a defensive full-back, saying I thought I had been adding value to the attack, with examples and stats from my season, before saying I would take away all of his points and that I would do everything I could to get into the World Cup squad.

“He did not like that I had contested what he said and went mad. He shouted: ‘Well you lost the f****** ball in contact on Saturday, didn’t you? That’s f****** not good enough. You’re not f****** doing everything you can.'”

Ultimately, Brown wouldn’t be picked for the Rugby World Cup with Jones saying that his clash with teammate Ben Te’o had nothing to do with his omission. He’s not been picked since.

DID YOU KNOW? He married long term partner, fashion designer Eliza Scarlett Woodcock, the daughter of former England international footballer Tony Woodcock in 2016

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#4. Alex Goode

Jones wrote in his autobiography that the Sarries legend ‘could not match the pace and snarl of his long-term rival Mike Brown.’

However, according to Brown’s column for the Mail Online, Goode clashed with Jones over this opinion in a heated discussion which led to him being jarsj frozen out of the squad after 2016.

The fullback would never win a recall despite being named the 2019 European Player of the Year.

DID YOU KNOW? He is the nephew of Jo Goode, who won an Olympic bronze in Badminton in Sydney.

#5. Marland Yarde

Kiwi-born England hooker Dylan Hartley recalled Marland Yarde arriving at England’s Pennyhill base, “a bit bruised and battered” after a club game.

“Eddie greeted him with a bright ‘How are you feeling, mate?’ and the conversation quickly went downhill. ‘Oh, a bit tired.’ ‘F… off, mate.’ ‘What?’ ‘If you’re tired, f… off. I don’t want tired players here.’ As you can imagine, their cosy fireside chat echoed around the halls within minutes.”

He never played for England again.