Steve Borthwick is expected to call on the cavalry for England’s clash with Wales on Saturday with the captain Owen Farrell among those ready to deliver a boost to his side’s faltering warm-up campaign.
Borthwick last week decided to omit all players who appeared in the Premiership final out of the starting lineup for the defeat in Cardiff, with the exception of Max Malins. After that lacklustre performance, however, Borthwick is expected to unleash something much closer to his first-choice XV in the rematch at Twickenham with Premiership finalists Farrell, Billy Vunipola, Maro Itoje, Jamie George, Elliot Daly, Ben Earl, George Ford and possibly Manu Tuilagi all in the reckoning.
