{"id":278132,"date":"2026-02-03T07:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T07:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/278132\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T07:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T07:32:11","slug":"england-team-five-takeaways-as-steve-borthwick-decides-very-positive-thing-and-issues-watch-out-wales-warning-with-electrifying-pick-planet-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/278132\/","title":{"rendered":"England team: Five takeaways as Steve Borthwick decides &#039;very positive thing&#039; and issues &#039;watch out, Wales&#039; warning with &#039;electrifying&#039; pick &#8211; Planet Rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-AFBVV95cUxNYllHR0Z1eU5maVllQWpKUFpINWJmWGotQkZ3Mk1nX2hWcXhCQUFpQzVUMS1aejRtNThpVTEybWxtYUJhaE5HOUxzVmZxZ3pfOG80a3R5OEFwaWpLanNLVEVXMjh2VURWeVg0UmhqUDUxRjhOSnZKcllQTG1VVXg3T1I1d25ySnBLU29kRVdBclh1Snp6Q3BuaFFvOG45OTVkaWNVOTlsTXg1Ty1NLXB4OUlpaFBNMEU0enRCOFl0LU01ZkRudUY5S3FmanRoVXdfdmR3cFpOSGlwbmxFczZfZnJNRG12V3dtd0xsU2FYWVZlX1Zzd0h4YQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">England team: Five takeaways as Steve Borthwick decides &#8216;very positive thing&#8217; and issues &#8216;watch out, Wales&#8217; warning with &#8216;electrifying&#8217; pick<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Planet Rugby<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMia0FVX3lxTE04SUJ4V2J1NTVYazFUXzE3eFlWNUdqRDNCaDV4XzR3cXJNRFp0SWQzYnIwcW5fLUZJNmlFbUpwWFNYdk5jMC1tRjVNS045WDBWRDNqaFdsUmJHT0RVa0oybmptVXRQYTdXbDFV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Six Nations 2026: England v Wales &#8211; Borthwick&#8217;s big calls for opener<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxQVmZ1RlZXUk9ueEpXdXJwZ3BrSzRObzBNbFhlSk5vaXB3RzRLNHlPcDcwbDBYTkpZbHMyS1B0M3h5WGVwakZXNjI0di1aQVZWWk05SXhFYnl4STd4MFZVRmxPMkp2eVhCWmtaR3N4MW5yLXlmVU1qQnNRaTRiMmplYmtMSGpVYlFZU2k2eUFXQks2aUlSTkRIUTU0WkM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Itoje named on bench for England v Wales<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiywFBVV95cUxNcWJlcEN4b2FkN2l1UHJJa0pnT01FcDR5MGhuWW80Ynp3dG1fWkFjNVBfUS1UUU9XTlIxV3k5YmhXNlA0WVBfUFlHdVZlVVZsWXotZWFUZjJLbVRaVWtwVVRWSkIwMUFaTjVtdzdxcnFDaUc0VEw4T1M3QmlvUVFPbURTRXZGdlhaZzVLVWVRaE9TQUQ4LTBVbWUxaVlDNnZjNy04ZkNBVEl4NkZuUWV6LWZYVnd5S0RhVU9oeGtZYUFwWExiNHUyeXNhSQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Steve Borthwick asks for England fans\u2019 roar in support of grieving Maro Itoje<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxNTE92TWdDRjdzTEZIXzBtVzB6dzk4VnhRRTlaVGhqOTZZQzRLamFFc3hYSlVXLVVnU0J0OGRlMW1Ca1hySVBsbnUwd2EtZnBTaVBQS0k1YXpvQlZjTkgwNGVqNk5sVloyTXpWTklBQ0ktSHpsc29ISTVvVER1SlRzYVRkYWJOakNKMGJOS210a3dvek42RXFFWWthR3RqT3RReGwtY3M0RlFycEIwdkhRQTNaY01EUTFVeVhKdGhMMS1wNktn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jamie George to captain England against Wales with Itoje among replacements<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England team: Five takeaways as Steve Borthwick decides &#8216;very positive thing&#8217; and issues &#8216;watch out, Wales&#8217; warning with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-278132","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}