Return of Chris Ashton and Courtney Lawes shows range of their threats but a youthful France can run them close
France could not have picked a worse weekend to be heading for Twickenham. The weather forecast for Sunday is unsettled, England have not felt so jauntily confident for almost two years and the bookmakers foresee only one outcome. That makes the visitors potentially dangerous but there is even less Gallic optimism around than there is political entente cordiale in Westminster.
England’s team-sheet for the 105th edition of Le Crunch also offers little succour, even missing the injured Maro Itoje. The memory of Courtney Lawes flattening Jules Plisson four years ago is still seared across most French imaginations, as is Chris Ashton’s knack for scoring fine tries during his prolific spell at Toulon. The increasing range of threats within this England team requires little translation.
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