{"id":238340,"date":"2025-11-01T19:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T19:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/238340\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T19:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T19:35:08","slug":"three-england-players-steve-borthwick-should-drop-and-who-should-replace-them-page-3-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/238340\/","title":{"rendered":"Three England players Steve Borthwick should drop &#8211; and who should replace them &#8211; Page 3 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>#3 Fraser Dingwall \u2192\u00a0Replacement: Ollie Lawrence<\/p>\n<p>A solid, dependable presence in midfield, Dingwall\u2019s defensive work was strong, but one costly loose pass led directly to an Australian try. Despite his reliability, England may benefit from Ollie Lawrence\u2019s direct running and attacking threat, giving the team more momentum and line-breaking potential.<\/p>\n<p>RUCK 6.5\/10:<br \/>\u201cThe \u201cglue\u201d of the Saints midfield partnership, Dingwall helped clubmate Freeman settle into his new role. Unfortunately threw the loose pass that led to Harry Potter\u2019s intercept try. Took a few heavy hits, including a big collision with Tane Edmed. Not his flashiest Twickenham outing, but a solid and grounded effort aside from one costly mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/england-player-ratings-bomb-squad-live-up-to-the-billing-with-second-half-detonation-while-ben-earl-proves-a-point\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Planet Rugby 6\/10: <\/a>\u201cWill be really disappointed with the interception, but was pleasing to see him always make the positive choice ball-in-hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-15246317\/England-25-7-Australia-PLAYER-RATINGS.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mail Online 4.5\/10:<\/a> \u201cHis pass was intercepted by Harry Potter who raced away to score for Australia at a time when the\u00a0Wallabies\u00a0were offering nothing as an attacking force. The pass wasn\u2019t on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Telegraph 5\/10:<br \/>\u201cThe glue player came unstuck with his horrible intercept which allowed Australia back in the game. A shame because otherwise he barely put a foot wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rugby Pass 6\/10:<br \/>\u201cFine margins in Test rugby, and what could have been an assist to Steward from Dingwall resulted in a length-of-the-field interception from Harry Potter. So much to like about Dingwall\u2019s defensive work \u2013 pressurising the Australian attackers at times, and drifting to protect the wider channels. Would frequently plug any gaps in the defensive line as well. Going forward, he gets his hands on the ball a lot, but didn\u2019t challenge the Wallabies enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Replacement \u2013 Ollie Lawrence:<br \/>More direct ball-carrying, more line-breaking threat, and a more dynamic presence in midfield. Could inject extra pace and unpredictability against Australia.<\/p>\n<p>NAME ENGLAND\u2019S 2003 WORLD CUP-WINNING SQUAD<\/p>\n<p>The England team were dubbed \u2018Dad\u2019s Army\u2019 by the rest of the world (mainly Australians) but everyone secretly knew England coach Clive Woodward had the best side around.<\/p>\n<p>This quiz tests your knowledge of that heralded group of 22 players who took on and beat the Wallabies in their own backyard on November 22, 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these are significantly\u00a0easier than others.<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"#3 Fraser Dingwall \u2192\u00a0Replacement: Ollie Lawrence A solid, dependable presence in midfield, Dingwall\u2019s defensive work was strong, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-238340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}