A much-changed England team is expected to face the lowest-ranked team in their group.
The challenge facing Borthwick is to ensure his key personnel are battle hardened for the quarter-finals, which England have all but reached after dispatching the Pumas and Brave Blossoms.
Itoje could therefore go three weeks without a game if he is omitted from the team that will be named by Borthwick on Thursday.“When you’re not playing you do way more fitness. The guys who haven’t been in the squad have been getting flogged – so that’s motivation enough to play,” Itoje said.“If I’m not playing I’ll be getting flogged. I’d much rather play because I don’t want to get flogged!”
“It is not up to me, it is up to the coaches so I will hold my hand up in training this week and it is up to them, the selection process.”Chile are expected to be overrun in Lille on Saturday but Portugal and Uruguay have already demonstrated against Wales and France in this World Cup that the minnows can cause a scare.
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