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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nick Purewal

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Marcus smith dropped for england vs italy six nations clash as owen farrell reverts to fly half - What They Never Told You

Owen Farrell will start at fly-half with Marcus Smith dropped in a revamped England midfield to host Italy at Twickenham in the Six Nations on Sunday.

Captain Farrell has switched to 10, with Ollie Lawrence and Henry Slade forming an all-new centre pairing.

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