Bath’s No7 looked the real deal for his country on his debut at Twickenham with some huge early hits but Eddie Jones will want more from him at the breakdownA cold,sorry November Saturday, and at Twickenham a first gathering of the clan since the Six Nations, or that 13-9 defeat to Ireland at the Aviva Stadium. The crowd’s enthusiasm was unaffected by the late morning weather,a regular, dismal drizzle, and the kind that soaks you through without you even really noticing that youre getting wet.
All the talk around the ground,now, speculation about precisely where England stand, or back-and-forths over whether Dylan Hartley should still be skipper or Jamie George starting at hooker instead,who should play at lock, and whether Mike Brown was still the factual man at full-back. After Eddie Jones blooded 11 players on the tour of Argentina, and England feel a less settled side now than they did on the other side of the summer.
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Source: guardian.co.uk