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England v Italy

PAUL REES
SOUTH Africa have the bomb squad but Steve Borthwick has opted for the blitz squad against Italy at Twickenham today. The England head coach gave himself more of the same on the bench against Scotland rather than a gear shift, but his three back replacements are now primed to attack.
When Alex Mitchell was retained in the squad last week and Ben Youngs was sent back to Leicester, the suspicion was that he would be part of Plan B on the bench along with Marcus Smith whose position at outside-half was under threat not so much because of his own form as t...