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Owen Farrell and Jamie George withdrawn from England squad

By PA
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Captain Owen Farrell and hooker Jamie George have withdrawn from England’s squad to face South Africa due to injury.

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Farrell sustained an ankle problem during Saturday’s 32-15 win over Australia, while fellow Saracens player George suffered a knee issue in that game.

Jack Singleton and his uncapped Gloucester team-mate Harry Elrington have been called up by Eddie Jones ahead of Saturday’s Twickenham clash with the Springboks.

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The Rugby Football Union also announced Joe Marler would join the group on Friday after completing his 10-day isolation period following a positive coronavirus test result.

England are preparing to meet South Africa for the first time since suffering a 32-12 defeat in the final of the 2019 World Cup in Yokohama.

Head coach Jones has named a 34-man squad for the game, which rounds off his side’s autumn campaign following consecutive wins over Tonga and the Wallabies.

Front-rower Singleton, 25, returns to the international fold having won three caps in 2019, including a substitute appearance against the United States during the World Cup pool stage.

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Loosehead prop Elrington, 27, joined Gloucester ahead of the current season having begun his career with London Irish.

An RFU statement reads: “Eddie Jones has confirmed his 34-player squad for this week’s Test match against South Africa.

Owen Farrell (ankle) and Jamie George (knee) have withdrawn from the squad with injuries sustained during England’s 32-15 win over Australia last Saturday.

Gloucester Rugby’s Harry Elrington and Jack Singleton have been called up and have joined with the group today at Pennyhill Park.

Joe Marler will join with the squad on Friday after completing his 10-day isolation period following his positive COVID test result.”

ENGLAND SQUAD

FORWARDS
Jamie Blamire (Newcastle Falcons, 4 caps)
Callum Chick (Newcastle Falcons, 2 caps)
Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 35 caps)
Trevor Davison (Newcastle Falcons, 2 caps)
Nic Dolly (Leicester Tigers, uncapped)
Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins, 3 caps)
Harry Elrington (Gloucester Rugby, uncapped)
Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 25 caps)
Jonny Hill (Exeter Chiefs, 11 caps)
Maro Itoje (Saracens, 50 caps)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 89 caps)
Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints, 10 caps)
Joe Marler (Harlequins, 73 caps)
George Martin (Leicester Tigers, 1 cap)
Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks, 1 cap)
Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs, 8 caps)
Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears, 46 caps)
Jack Singleton (Gloucester Rugby, 3 caps)
Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 14 caps)
Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 26 caps)

BACKS
Mark Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby, 1 cap)
Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints, uncapped)
George Furbank (Northampton Saints, 5 caps)
Max Malins (Saracens, 9 caps)
Joe Marchant (Harlequins, 6 caps)
Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 68 caps)
Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints, 1 cap)
Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks, 1 cap)
Adam Radwan (Newcastle Falcons, 2 caps)
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 42 caps)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 4 caps)
Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, 4 caps)
Manu Tuilagi (Sale Sharks, 45 caps)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 111 caps)

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isaac 1084 days ago

Farrell should just retire....very big ego...tried to tell Marcus smith how to play...like mate, smith won the premiership last year

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a 1085 days ago

advantage Boks

throw in some greenies to front up to the two best front rows in the game?

people might start walking out at half time

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England internationals disagree on final play execution vs All Blacks

Okay, so we blew it big time on Saturday. So rather than repeating what most people have all ready said, what do I want to see from Borthwick going forward?


Let's keep Marcus Smith on the pitch if he's fit and playing well. I was really pleased with his goal kicking. It used to be his weakness. I feel sympathy for George Ford who hadn't kicked all match and then had a kick to win the game. You hear pundits and commentators commend kickers who have come off the bench and pulled that off. Its not easy. If Steve B continues to substitute players with no clear reason then he is going to get criticised.


On paper I thought England would beat NZ if they played to their potential and didn't show NZ too much respect. Okay, the off the ball tackles certainly stopped England scoring tries, but I would have liked to see more smashing over gainlines and less kicking for position. Yes, I also know it's the Springbok endorsed world cup double winning formula but the Kiwi defence isn't the Bok defence, is it. If you have the power to put Smith on the front foot then why muzzle him? I guess what I'm saying is back, yourself. Why give the momentum to a team like NZ? Why feed the beast? Don't give the ball to NZ. Well d'uh.


Our scrum is a long term weakness. If you are going to play Itoje then he needs an ogre next door and a decent front row. Where is our third world class lock? Where are are realible front row bench replacements? The England scrum has been flakey for a while now. It blows hot and cold. Our front five bench is not world class.


On the positive side I love our starting backrow right now. I'd like to see them stick together through to the next world cup.


Anyway, there is always another Saturday.

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CO 2 hours ago
Scott Robertson responds to criticism over All Blacks' handling errors

Robertson is more a manager of coaches than a coach so it comes down to intent of outcomes at a high level. I like his intent, I like the fact his Allblacks are really driving the outcomes however as he's pointed out the high error rates are not test level and their control of the game is driving both wins and losses. England didn't have to play a lot of rugby, they made far fewer mistakes and were extremely unlucky not to win.


In fact the English team were very early in their season and should've been comfortably beaten by an Allblacks team that had played multiple tests together.


Razor has himself recognised that to be the best they'll have to sort out the crisis levels of mistakes that have really increased since the first two tests against England.


Early tackles were a classic example of hyper enthusiasm to not give an inch, that passion that Razor has achieved is going to be formidable once the unforced errors are eliminated.


That's his secret, he's already rebuilt the passion and that's the most important aspect, its inevitable that he'll now eradicate the unforced errors. When that happens a fellow tier one nation is going to get thrashed. I don't think it will be until 2025 though.


The Allblacks will lose both tests against Ireland and France if they play high error rates rugby like they did against England.


To get the unforced errors under control he's going to be needing to handover the number eight role to Sititi and reset expectations of what loose forwards do. Establish a clear distinction with a large, swarthy lineout jumper at six that is a feared runner and dominant tackler and a turnover specialist at seven that is abrasive in contact. He'll then need to build depth behind the three starters and ruthlessly select for that group to be peaking in 2027 in hit Australian conditions on firm, dry grounds.


It's going to help him that Savea is shifting to the worst super rugby franchise where he's going to struggle behind a beaten pack every week.


The under performing loose forward trio is the key driver of the high error rates and unacceptable turn overs due to awol link work. Sititi is looking like he's superman compared to his openside and eight.


At this late stage in the season they shouldn't be operating with just the one outstanding loose forward out of four selected for the English test. That's an abject failure but I think Robertson's sacrificing link quality on purpose to build passion amongst the junior Allblacks as they see the reverential treatment the old warhorses are receiving for their long term hard graft.


It's unfortunately losing test matches and making what should be comfortable wins into nail biters but it's early in the world cup cycle so perhaps it's a sacrifice worth making.


However if this was F1 then Sam Cane would be Riccardo and Ardie would be heading into Perez territory so the loose forwards desperately need revitalisation through a rebuild over the next season to complement the formidable tight five.

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