THE LILLE THING
Daily Star|October 05, 2023
Ford and Farrell primed to dazzle
ALEX SPINK
THE LILLE THING

GEORGE FORD and Owen Farrell are set to start together for England on Saturday for the first time in two-and-a-half years.

England are already through to the quarter-finals and Samoa cannot advance, but with a likely last-eight clash against Fiji on Sunday week, boss Steve Borthwick has no time to experiment.

He would have wanted to harness the two playmakers at flyhalf and inside-centre before now, but Farrell's four-match ban for a dangerous tackle against Wales in August kiboshed that.

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