English coach confident against Flying Fijians despite scoring only 2 tries in their 3 warm-up matches

English coach confident against Flying Fijians despite scoring only 2 tries in their 3 warm-up matches

By Rashika Kumar
Saturday 26/08/2023
Head Coach Steve Borthwick

England has scored only two tries in their three warm-up matches so far but head coach Steve Borthwick says his players will convert their chances against the FIJI Water Flying Fijians.

Borthwick says Fiji has proven themselves to be a strong opposition and they look forward to what they expect to be an exciting and challenging game.

He says rest assured the English will be looking to convert the opportunities they have recently been creating into points on the scoreboard.

Courtney Lawes will captain England on his 100th cap in tomorrow's match, while hooker Theo Dan makes his first start.

Lawes lines up in the back row alongside Jack Willis and Ben Earl who starts at number eight in the absence of the banned Billy Vunipola.

With Owen Farrell also suspended, George Ford is at fly-half.

Jonny May starts on the wing despite not being in the World Cup squad and Alex Mitchell is named at scrum-half.

The Flying Fijians will take on England at 2.15am at Twickenham tomorrow.

This is Fiji’s last warm-up match before the Rugby World Cup starts in two weeks.

[Source: BBC Sports]

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