Both are expected to be fit to start in Rome, although Northampton lock Courtney Lawes - originally due to return to his club - will stay with the squad, along with Worcester prop Matt Mullan and Harlequins flanker Chris Robshaw.

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We must stay the course, they to say, by continuing to prop up asset prices until the training wheels can come off.

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