The duo are set to start England’s opening match against Argentina tomorrow.
Alex Mitchell and Joe Marchant have been given a new lease of life under England’s head coach Steve Borthwick .
“It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster, hasn’t it, a bit weird,” Mitchell told journalists after getting a first feel of the Stade Velodrome in Marseille today. Jones famously refused to countenance three scrum-halves in his squad and paid the price when he was forced to fly out Ben Spencer as emergency cover for the final four years ago when Willi Heinz got injured.
“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 No 13 alongside Manu Tuilagi, having come from even further out – the “no way back,” home for Eddie Jones discards.
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