Conor O’Shea and his Italy team expect a physical game against England at Twickenham in the Six Nations
It has been England’s party line all week that they are expecting the unexpected on Saturday, all too aware of how they were bamboozled by Conor O’Shea’s side two years ago, but Italy know exactly what is coming. England have picked what O’Shea has described as Eddie Jones’s dream backline including Manu Tuilagi, Ben Te’o and Joe Cokanasiga. Or to paraphrase their captain Sergio Parisse: definitely physical, not so much fizz.
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