OWEN Farrell plays fly-half for Saracens – which is where he will be for the big all- English European Cup clash against Northampton today – while England use him mainly at 12. My feeling is that he is England’s best all-round 10, and that he can be more dominant there than he is at insidecentre.
England’s current preference is for a George Ford-Farrell combination at 10-12, and it is hard to pick holes in it given how well it has worked. However, England under Eddie Jones have yet to give Farrell and a big, robust insidecentre a run together, and it is definitely wo...
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