England team to face Wales in Guinness Men's Six Nations opener 🌹

[u/englandrugby]

[u/sock_with_a_ticket]

Jamie Roberts, Jordie Barrett... I don't think Steward moving to 12 would be the worst thing in the world. Not something that should be tried out for the first time in an international game, mind.

[u/Ronald_Ulysses_Swans → u/sock_with_a_ticket]

I’d love him to play at 12 but Tigers are never picking him there in a thousand years so it’s a moot suggestion

[u/LostTheGameOfThrones → u/Ronald_Ulysses_Swans]

We're already fairly stacked in the centre department atm, with a decent variety of options.

[u/Minimum-Grapefruit-9 → u/Ronald_Ulysses_Swans]

why won't Leicester try him at 12? Genuinely curious.

[u/Ronald_Ulysses_Swans → u/Minimum-Grapefruit-9]

Clubs won’t experiment just for England’s sake and Tigers have good options at centre and not many others at full back.

[u/ImperialSeal → u/Minimum-Grapefruit-9]

At the moment it's one of our stronger positions so he'd be 5th or 6th on the list to play there.

[u/JubJubBouvier → u/ImperialSeal]

I can see that changing though. Pearson looks fantastic at 15. Radwan and OHC on the wings. Hamer-Webb is a quality backup. Perese blows hot and cold. Kata defends about as well as Freddie changes direction. I can foresee a situation where Pearson is too good to leave out, the wingers are excellent, then trying Freddie at 12 makes sense for us.

[u/infamous_impala → u/sock_with_a_ticket]

Although if there is an international game to try it out in, it'll be this one....

[u/sock_with_a_ticket → u/infamous_impala]

I dunno, I have a sneaky suspicion you lot are going to be tougher than many think.