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Te'o on standby after Farrell misses training
By Jack Davies
Ben Te'o is ready and waiting to fill in for Owen Farrell if the England centre loses his battle to be fit for Saturday's Six Nations clash with Scotland.
Farrell missed training on Friday with a leg injury that was initially blamed on an accidental collision with coach Eddie Jones' dog.
Jones will finalise his starting XV on Saturday and assistant coach Paul Gustard says Te'o is on hand to step in at inside centre, with Jonny May poised for a place on the bench.
"He's pretty resilient. He will do the right thing by the team and by his body," Gustard, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, said of Farrell.
"It will be a loss, of course, but we are very happy with the strengths Ben can bring. We are very happy with the 23 we will have on the pitch.
"We have flexibility, Jack Nowell is there who can come into the centre. Elliot Daly can come in to 13. So we will be very happy."
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I’d say France was far more hard done by in the 2011 final than the All Blacks in this game. Joubert simply refused to call a penalty against the All Blacks in the last quarter even directing an All Black to drop a ball he picked up in an offside position rather than penalizing him. This article also totally discounts the efforts of PSTD. Ask Jordie how well he played. Or the backup flank who played hooker for the entire game. Siya was also a brilliant tackle by Richie from scoring a blinder. Pollard was also fantastic. Look I don’t like the boks style but the only thing more questionable than the content of this article is the timing of it. Get over it already
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