Steve Borthwick is the biggest student of the game and proponent of statistics and records you’ll find and he’ll have his troops motivated by the chance to make history at Eden Park, if they can fix just a couple of key areas from last week.
The southern hemisphere sides have to be favourites but the north has a real chance over the next couple of weekends, which hasn’t always been the case at this time of year, and England have to take theirs in Dunedin.
England might not have got the test Eddie Jones promised them but the win over Japan was perfect preparation for the challenge of the All Blacks.
Farrell is braced for a Kiwi backlash during next weekend’s Wellington finale.
Farrell has only made one change to the staring line-up that lost the first Test 42-19 last weekend.
Saracens will deploy nine internationals in their 27-man matchday team to host Coventry in the hope of landing their second pre-season win.
Leicester Tigers have agreed two loan deals in the senior squad, while releasing a promising teenage prospect to La Rochelle.
Despite unveiling a raft of new signings since Steve Borthwick's arrival, Leicester have dipped inth the Championship to keep training numbers up.
Leicester made it four straight European Challenge Cup wins after they held out to defeat Calvisano 20-13.
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