Steve Borthwick has taken a punt on a group of players snubbed by Eddie Jones re-energising England and fuelling a revival.
Joe Marchant, Ben Curry, Max Malins, Ben Earls and Ollie Lawrence did not get a sniff when Jones was in charge despite often playing the lights out for their clubs. Borthwick wasted no time in correcting that - enlisting each for national service against Scotland at Twickenham tomorrow.
“These players are picked because of what they have brought, because of how well they are playing, because of their strengths,” he said firmly. “They have got an opportunity, and that’s what they wanted, what they were desperate for. Now they have to take it. And I back them to do so.”
