“But in many ways I have viewed it as a positive pain to drive further motivation as we go into our next cycle. When you look at the age and experience of our side, still in single-figure caps for a lot of the backs, the experience we’ve developed with be invaluable heading into our New Zealand tour and beyond.”
England have Mako Vunipola on stand-by to pack down at loose-head prop, and Matt Mullan for Vunipola’s place on the bench, with Joe Marler absent from yesterday’s training after partner Daisy had gone into labour with their first child.
The rest of the squad travelled to Rome last night and Lancaster said Marler would need to have arrived by lunchtime for today’s captain’s run at the Olympic Stadium if he was to play.
England: M Brown (Harlequins); J Nowell (Exeter), L Burrell (Northampton), W Twelvetrees (Gloucester), J May (Gloucester); O Farrell (Saracens), D Care (Harlequins); J Marler (Harlequins), D Hartley (Northampton), D Wilson (Bath), J Launchbury (Wasps), C Lawes (Northampton), T Wood (Northampton), C Robshaw (Harlequins, capt), B Morgan (Gloucester).
Replacements: T Youngs (Leicester), M Vunipola (Saracens), H Thomas (Sale), D Attwood (Bath), T Johnson (Exeter), L Dickson (Northampton), G Ford (Bath), M Tuilagi (Leicester).
Article source: http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12507/9211383/six-nations-leigh-halfpenny-facing-four-months-on-sidelines
Tighthead prop David Wilson goes to the well for England
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