hello. we now know the names of the starting xv for englands rugby world cup opener on saturday and there are a couple of intriguing calls in there. alex mitchell and jonny may start against argentina in marseille despite initially missing out on the 33 man squad. mitchell was drafted in after jack van poorvliet was ruled out of the tournament and started england s final warm up game against fiji, winning just his sixth cap. may meanwhile will start at right wing after anthony watson joined the world cup injury list. england are ranked eighth in the world and lost three of theirfour warm up games heading into the world cup. wales number eight taulupe faletau has been passed fit to face fiji in his side s opening game in bordeaux on sunday. faletau missed all three world cup warm up games with a calf injury but has recovered in time to win his 101st cap. the squad are confident ahead of their first match the boys were good, it is a good group and a good bone. you never see any
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