Young guns: Sam Underhill, Tom Curry and Zach Mercer

There is a changing of the guard in the England back row, and Australia and Argentina will be sniffing a weakness. Even Samoa might fancy they can cause trouble. It’s called inexperience, and it is reflected in one of the greenest back-row selections in memory after Eddie Jones announced his squad for the Autumn Series at the Old Mutual Wealth headquarters in London.
Jones is not risk-averse, as he showed by taking a number of unproven youngsters to Argentina last summer – but this season he has gone a step further, jet...