Thursday, 17 June 2010
COURTNEY UNDERSTANDS THE LAWES OF THE JUNGLE
The activating 6ft 7in Northampton advanced has replaced Simon Shaw in the additional row as one of two changes fabricated by administrator Martin Johnson afterward England's 27-17 defeat in Perth.
Lawes is abutting in the ancillary by Leicester scrum-half Ben Youngs just 12 months afterwards they lined up calm for the England Under-20s in the Junior World Cup final.
Johnson, who is beneath growing pressure, fabricated the changes to inject some clip and activity into England's bold afterwards a blurred aboriginal Test performance.
Lawes accepted he has the concrete attributes - lineout agility, able-bodied ball-carrying and barbaric defence - if he eclipsed Paul O'Connell in Northampton's Heineken Cup achievement over Munster.
The 21-year-old aswell harbours a band of toughness, which is one of the qualities Johnson demands from his advanced pack, and he is acceptable the adventitious to accouterment the Wallabies.
"I'm not abiding area the assailment comes from," said Lawes, who fabricated his Test admission off the bank adjoin Australia in the autumn.
"It's all mental, it's in your head. Some players mentally don't wish to put their active in area they're traveling to get hurt. Some players like me are not too fussed.
"I am not a bedraggled player. I'll put my physique on the band for my team. I've consistently been like that. I've consistently had not abundant affair for my body.
"I like authoritative big hits but so does everyone. I apparently do acquisition authoritative a acceptable hit as acceptable as scoring a try.
"I absolutely feel ready. I feel actual assured in myself. Over the endure year I accept got a bit wiser, I apperceive how to get into the bold bigger and accomplish a bigger impact."
In the 2009 European Challenge Cup final, Lawes took a bite to the arch afterwards backward afterwards his barbarous accouterment on Morgan Parra had larboard the Bourgoin scrum-half nursing a confused shoulder.
"He's a by itself actual advancing lad. He tackles hard, he carries harder and on the acreage he has the acceleration that's important which agency he can get to places actual quickly," said Johnson.
Youngs is aswell set to accomplish his aboriginal Test alpha afterwards a advance division allowance Leicester win the Guinness Premiership appellation and he will accompany a accurateness about the abject of the scrum.
"I've played with Courtney for a amount of years now and it's abundant that he's starting as well," said Youngs, whose ancestor Nick won six caps at scrum-half for England.
"I never anticipation a year ago that I could be actuality now, it's appear actual bound and I'm actual advantageous and now I've got the chance, I've got to yield it with both easily and play my game.
"I'll absolutely accord it a go and play with a bit of pace. I anticipate that's just the way I play."
Much to Australia's surprise, Jonny Wilkinson will alpha on the bank alongside Delon Armitage who has appear into the band in abode of Mathew Tait.
Wilkinson was angled for a anamnesis because England's blame bold was poor in the aboriginal Test. Hape does not action an another cossack while Wilkinson's accurateness could accept ensured any Australian scrum indiscretions were absolutely punished.
But Johnson has consistently been loyal to his men, occasionally to a fault, and he was not anytime acceptable to adapt the aggregation just because the burden is growing.
England accept won alone eight of the 22 Tests they accept played back Johnson was appointed manager.
"Do I anytime anguish about my claimed record? Not in that regard," said Johnson.
"I just wish to get better. I don't like accident matches. If you're complex with England getting beneath burden is what it's about.
"Look at the football World Cup. If you play in those tournaments burden is what it's all about. Getting able to handle it off the acreage and getting able to administer it on the field.
"That's the accomplished game That's what we're actuality for.If you don't wish burden this isn't the abode for you."
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