Will Greenwood pick his England XV and bench with Simmonds missing out completely

BACK-ROW:

• 6. Tom Curry (Sale)
• 7. Sam Underhill (Bath)
• 8. Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)

Woodward wrote: “If there is a weakness with Curry and Underhill it’s that while both are good passers, I’m not sure they are great link men. Dombrandt, though, has that vision and passing game.”

REPLACEMENTS:

• Nic Dolly (Leicester Tigers)
• Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers)
• Will Stuart (Bath RFC)
• Jonny Hill (Exeter Chiefs)
• George Martin (Leicester Tigers)
• Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
• Manu Tuilagi (Sale Sharks)
• Max Malins (Saracens)

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