England must squeeze Argentina with a reliable set-piece while moving the ball a lot quicker than they have in recent months
The key point here, which should not be lost Borthwick’s top-line message about his team having been written off too early, is whether a new and different game plan can possibly have been arrived at, with this fuel injection of Mitchell and Care, plus other significant changes, at something approaching the 11th hour of their troubled preparation.
Could we even, perhaps, be permitted a sense of excitement, however illusory it may prove to be by the final whistle in what should be a hot and noisy Stade de Marseille on Saturday evening?that gave Mitchell his way back in removed a young scrum-half whose style was similar to Youngs.
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