Owen Farrell has voiced sympathy with Wales players weighing up whether or not to give his England team a game.
The Red Rose skipper insists his players are fully focused on ending a run of three straight Principality Stadium defeats on Saturday.
But as England welcomed vice-captain Courtney Lawes back into camp and called up Ben Curry to replace his re-injured twin brother Tom, Farrell put hostilities to one side to empathise with fellow professionals.