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England vs France Six Nations – UAE Supporters Preview

Sport360 staff

15:15 04/02/2017

The Six Nations is back and ahead of England’s showdown with France at Twickenham, Ben Rothwell and Xavier join us to analyse their team’s chances ahead of the contest.

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BEN ROTHWELL (ENGLAND)

ENGLAND LINE-UP: M Brown (Harlequins); J May (Gloucester), J Joseph (Bath), O Farrell (Saracens), E Daly (Wasps); G Ford (Bath, B Youngs (Leicester); J Marler (Harlequins), D Hartley (Northampton, capt), D Cole (Leicester), J Launchbury (Wasps), C Lawes (Northampton), M Itoje (Saracens), T Wood (Northampton), N Hughes (Wasps).

PREDICTION: England to win by 7-10 points.

XAVIER (FRANCE)

FRANCE LINE-UP: S Spedding (Clermont Auvergne); N Nakaitaci (Clermont Auvergne), R Lamerat (Clermont Auvergne), G Fickou (Toulouse), V Vakatawa (French Rugby Federation); C Lopez (Clermont Auvergne), B Serin (Bordeaux-Begles); C Baille (Toulouse), G Guirado (Toulon, capt), U Atonio (La Rochelle), S Vahaamahina (Clermont Auvergne), Y Maestri (Toulouse), D Chouly (Clermont Auvergne), K Gourdon (La Rochelle), L Picamoles (Northampton).

PREDICTION: England 15-20 France.

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