When England played Italy in their delayed final game of last year’s Six Nations in Rome in October, Eddie Jones gave four players their first caps: Jonny Hill, Ollie Lawrence, Ollie Thorley and Tom Dunn. Jones could use Saturday’s game against the championship’s whipping boys to try something different again, just as previous England coaches have done when facing the same opponents:2004: Robinson plays centreFor England’s first game after winning the 2003 World Cup, Clive Woodward experimented by picking Jason Robinson, his most dangerous broken-field runner, at outside centre rather than on the wing or at full back. Wearing No 12, but playing outside Will Greenwood, Robinson scored a dazzling hat-trick as England ran out comfortable 50-9 winners. He played the first three

Source: The Times February 11, 2021 00:00 UTC