MARSEILLE, France : When Eddie Jones was in charge of England Alex Mitchell and Joe Marchant pretty much resigned themselves to watching the Rugby World Cup from TV, yet, given a new lease of life under Steve Borthwick, both will start Saturday's game against Argentina.Mitchell cut it the finest, from bei
MARSEILLE, France : When Eddie Jones was in charge of England Alex Mitchell and Joe Marchant pretty much resigned themselves to watching the Rugby World Cup from TV, yet, given a new lease of life under Steve Borthwick, both will start Saturday's game against Argentina.
"Out of the squad and now back in and getting a shot tomorrow. I am just massively excited at getting an opportunity to play and putting my hand up. Borthwick has gone down the more traditional three nines route, but even then Mitchell was initially out of the frame for France. Borthwick, however, told him to stay fit, keep working and to be ready as"anything can happen" and sure enough, Van Poortvliet's injury opened the door.
"If I can bring tempo and energy to the side I’ll try to do that but we will stick to the game plan," he said."We'll do that and try to bring our X-factor after that." Marchant will start at 13 alongside Manu Tuilagi having come from even further out - the"no way back," home for Eddie Jones discards.
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