Will Greenwood picks bold England XV for Six Nations opener

Writing in the Telegraph, the 2003 WOrld Cup winner has selected the side he'd like to see go toe-to-toe with Scotland at Twickenham next weekend.

Greenwood said: 'The three sprinters we have recently picked are beautiful “lane” runners, who can rip a team apart given space to stretch their legs. But Odogwu makes his own space, bumping, jostling and fighting all the way. He is hugely difficult to ground with a different set of height measurements to the other flyers. In short, he has proper wow factor.'

Greenwood said: "Lawrence can beat players in small spaces, employing that dynamic hand-off to buy him a yard and draw defenders from outside his channel forward to stop him allowing his uber-confident offload to come into play."

Greenwood said: 'The way Jones ranked his tightheads in the autumn would suggest that Will Stuart will come in - not unreasonably as I love what he does for Bath. But I would pick Harry Williams. In fact, I would have been picking him in my squads for the past couple of years. I have never quite been able to see what there isn’t to like about him.'

Greenwood said: "Sam Underhill’s withdrawal from the squad makes it a much simpler selection for Earl, who is very much the like-for-like replacement compared to Wilson or the recently promoted Jack Willis - as ridiculously talented a prospect as he is.: