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'WE'LL WIN TO MAKE AMENDS FOR COURTNEY'
Evening Standard
|September 07, 2023
TEAM-MATES VOW TO ATONE FOR LOSS ON 100TH CAP. MITCHELL GETS NOD AT SCRUM-HALF FOR CUP OPENER
ENGLAND have pledged to pay back Courtney Lawes by beating Argentina on Saturday to atone for spoiling their captain's big day against Fiji.
Lawes will skipper England in their World Cup opener at Stade Velodrome here in Marseille.
The 34-year-old (right) had the honour of leading England at Twickenham on the occasion of his 100th cap- only for Steve Borthwick's side to slip to a first defeat by Fiji.
Lawes's unflappable demeanour understandably deserted him after that loss. He cut a dejected figure in the hours which followed, but now his team-mates are itching to make up for what proved a day to forget.
This story is from the September 07, 2023 edition of Evening Standard.
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