Only one player from England's starting XV against Chile will be promoted into Steve Borthwick's first-choice team, but it should be more, says Matt Dawson.
We know all about Arundell's abilities as a runner but he showed that he also can stay wide, stay patient and finish off moves.
Borthwick was lavish in his praise of Farrell's qualities in the build-up to the match, talking about the influence he has over the squad and how he raises everyone's standards. Farrell played competently enough, but with him at 10 or 12 everyone else in the backline has to adjust to his pace. Heading into the knockout stages, you need to be able to score points in different ways. It is naive to rely on penalties, drop-goals, a driven line-out, pick-and-gos around the fringe and a hope that the opposition defence will tire in the latter stages of the match.They were able to show a lot more against Chile, with the big caveat that they were assured plenty of front-foot ball against weak opposition.
Billy Vunipola had a chance to put some doubts into the coaches' minds about the make-up of their back row, but I felt the Chile game actually firmed up the status quo.
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