"Would beat Scotland" - England's ridiculous strength in depth showed by strong fourth choice XV

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by Rugby Rucker

Monday, 29 November 2021 at 21:13

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Eddie Jones has had his injury problems, but has top-class players in every position…and it runs deep.

In every position, if one gets injured another player, arguably just as good, can slot in.

Here, we look at how deep England’s options run with four top-class starting XV’s if everyone is fit and available.

#FIRST CHOICE

15.Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers), 14.Jonny May (Gloucester), 13.Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), 12.Manu Tuilagi (Sale Sharks), 11.Anthony Watson (Bath RFC), 10.Marcus Smith (Harlequins), 9.Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers); 1.Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers), 2.Jamie George (Saracens), 3.Kyle Sinckler (Leicester Tigers), 4.Maro Itoje (Saracens), 5.Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), 6.Tom Curry (Sale Sharks), 7.Sam Underhill (Bath RFC), 8.Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)

Try Celebrations for Marcus Smith of England during the Autumn Nations Match between England and Tonga at Twickenham Stoop on 6 November 2021. Photo: Tom Sandberg/PPAUK

#SECOND CHOICE

15.Max Malins (Saracens), 14.Adam Radwan (Newcastle Falcons), 13.Joe Marchant (Harlequins), 12.Owen Farrell (Saracens), 11.Elliot Daly (Saracens) 10.George Ford (Leicester Tigers), 9.Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks); 1.Joe Marler (Harlequins), 2.Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs), 3.Will Stuart (Bath RFC), 4.Jonny Hill (Exeter Chiefs), 5.Joe Launchbury (Wasps), 6.Ben Earl (Saracens), 7.Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints), 8.Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs)

Owen Farrell of England warms up before the Autumn Nations Match between England and Australia at Twickenham on 13 November 2021. Photo: Micah Crook/PPAUK

#THIRD CHOICE

15.George Furbank (Northampton Saints), 14.Ollie Thorley (Gloucester), 13.Ollie Lawrence (Worcester Warriors), 12.Mark Atkinson (Gloucester, 11.Louis Lynagh (Harlequins), 10.Joe Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs), 9.Harry Randall (Bristol Bears); 1.Mako Vunipola (Saracens), 2.Jamie Blamire (Newcastle Falcons), 3.Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), 4.Charlie Ewels (Bath RFC), 5.George Martin (Leicester Tigers), 6.Callum Chick (Newcastle Falcons), 7.Jack Willis (Wasps), 8.BIlly Vunipola (Saracens)

Try Celebrations for Jamie Blamire of England during the Autumn Nations Match between England and Tonga at Twickenham Stoop on 6 November 2021. Photo: Tom Sandberg/PPAUK

#FOURTH CHOICE

Mike Brown (Newcastle Falcons), 14.Ollie Thorley (Gloucester), 13.Jonathan Joseph (Bath RFC), 12.Alex Lozowski (Saracens), 11.Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10.Danny Cipriani (England), 9. Danny Care (Harlequins); 1.Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks), 2.Nic Dolly (Leicester Tigers), 3.Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs), 4.Ed Slater (Gloucester) 5.Nick Isiekwe (Saracens), 6.Mark Wilson (Newcastle Falcons), 7.Ted Hill (Worcester Warriors), 8.Alfie Barbeary (Wasps)

Danny Cipriani of England during the Quilter Cup Match between England and Barbarians at Twickenham Stadium, Twickenham, London on May 27. - PHOTO: Tom Sandberg/PPAUK