Jamie clear on need for team to gel

ENGLAND co-captain Jamie George is hoping for “cohesion” from an unfamiliar line-up when France visit Twickenham in today’s non-cap international.

- By ROBERT O'CONNOR

There are five uncapped names in Steve Borthwick’s squad as call-ups to Andy Farrell’s Lions have left the head coach an experimental group to work with.

The late addition of Jack van Poortvliet to the Lions means there will be 14 players unavailable to Borthwick when England run out for the final time ahead of the summer tour to Argentina and the United States.

“We're not overly-cohesive in terms of the amount of games we've played together so, first and foremost, it's about getting on the same page,” said hooker George, the 101-cap veteran who will lead the side alongside number ten George Ford.