Tough choice between 7s but only one should start

JEREMY GUSCOTT

Tough tackler: Sam Underhill needs to develop his link play in attack
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THE arrival of Tom Curry and Sam Underhill in the England squad has brought a quality of performance at No.7 which we have not seen in that position with any consistency for a long time.
When Eddie Jones took over the England job he started with Chris Robshaw and James Haskell as his flankers, who were both 6-and-a-halves, and happy to describe themselves in that way. It was a combination that worked, and Haskell was so influential in the cleansweep in Australia at 7 that he was r...

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