Former England wing Ugo Monye believes, with Freeman fighting an harm from the weekend’s win over Fiji and Roebuck on the way in which again from an ankle drawback, Borthwick will probably be bounced into a mixture of Feyi-Waboso and Arundell, both facet of Steward at full-back.

“If Elliot Daly was match and on top of things, I might decide him at 15,” Monye informed Rugby Union Weekly.

“However he hasn’t performed in a very long time, and I do not know whether or not he’s totally match.

“Manny [Feyi-Waboso] performs on the fitting wing 100%, then, if it isn’t Daly, it needs to be Steward, with Arundell on the left wing.

“It’s a class mixture, however you possibly can see how with a few accidents and just a little little bit of disruption, you might be placing out a again three that is not a part of the unique plan.

“It is nonetheless a very robust again three, however whenever you have a look at the blueprint of how England wish to play, it isn’t the right again three. That kind of aerial recreation that England rely on is just not Arundell’s recreation.

“He likes the ball in his palms and on the ground, his recreation is just not chasing excessive kicks and getting the ball again. The opposite two [Steward and Feyi-Waboso] are distinctive at that although.”

Former England scrum-half Danny Care says the back-to-back grind of the autumn internationals – with 4 matches on successive weekends – is testing England’s energy in depth within the backfield.

“For the previous weeks we’ve been speaking about how deep and robust this England squad is, properly, we’re going to need to see it this weekend,” he informed Rugby Union Weekly.

Monye agreed, suggesting England might need to go for three backs on the eight-man bench – somewhat than the 2 they’ve carried in wins over Australia and Fiji – to permit Borthwick to help an unfamiliar mixture.

Matt Dawson, who received the World Cup with England in 2003, does not consider the versatile Marcus Smith needs to be within the back-three dialog in any respect, preferring his artistic abilities as a game-changing fly-half substitute, somewhat than at full-back.

“I do not assume Marcus is a full-back on the highest degree,” he wrote in his BBC Sport column. “I battle to see the advantage of taking part in him there.

“I need the ball in his palms as a lot as potential, however I consider that needs to be within the entrance line, notably within the last 20 minutes.”