Former international stars Mike Brown and Jonny May have selected their backlines for England\u2019s Autumn Nations Series, and have highlighted the return of Adam Radwan as a must-have in Steve Borthwick\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
Appearing on The Good, The Bad and The Rugby\u00a0podcast, the duo started off on the same page, both adamant about Alex Mitchell and George Ford\u2019s selections, but that was where the agreement stopped.<\/p>\n
May chose to pick Tommy Freeman at outside centre with Ollie Lawrence inside him, based purely on the immense strength in depth that England currently have on the wing. Brown wasn\u2019t convinced, however, claiming that players should be selected where they\u2019re used to playing. As a result, his choice at 13 was Lawrence with Fraser Dingwall in at 12 as a \u201cglue player\u201d.<\/p>\n
For the wing options, both were in great support of the \u201cX-factor\u201d Radwan returning to the squad, with Brown suggesting that the England environment would be perfect for \u201cthe best coaches in the country, supposedly\u201d, to help grow his game.<\/p>\n
Mike Brown doesn\u2019t back down<\/p>\n
Ollie Hassell-Collins was also a player that the two former stars have been impressed with, but May suggested that Tom Roebuck should start ahead of him. Brown<\/a> responded, saying: \u201cYou cannot tell me he is above Ollie Hassell-Collins in any wing play, positional play, kicking game, under the high ball, and Hassell-Collins is the top try scorer\u2026 I don\u2019t understand it.\u201d<\/p>\n Another player Brown hasn\u2019t been too impressed with is the new Bath star Henry Arundell<\/a>, claiming that he\u2019s not at the same level as the other options \u201cin terms of nuts and bolts at international level.\u201d<\/p>\n Neither Hassell-Collins nor Radwan currently make it into Brown\u2019s team, however. Instead, it\u2019s the regular duo of Immanuel Feyi-Waboso and Freeman that make the cut, with Elliot Daly<\/a> in at full-back if fit.<\/p>\n Mike Brown\u2019s England backline: Alex Mitchell, George Ford, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, Fraser Dingwall, Ollie Lawrence, Tommy Freeman, Elliot Daly<\/p>\n Jonny May\u2019s England backline: Alex Mitchell, George Ford, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, Ollie Lawrence, Tommy Freeman, Tom Roebuck, George Furbank<\/p>\n \ufeff<\/p>\n