{"id":288480,"date":"2023-09-21T21:36:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T21:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=288480"},"modified":"2023-09-21T21:36:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T21:36:14","slug":"captain-owen-farrell-relishing-return-to-england-fray-against-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/rugby-union\/captain-owen-farrell-relishing-return-to-england-fray-against-chile\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain Owen Farrell relishing return to England fray against Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Owen Farrell relishing England return in low-key clash against Chile after serving four-match ban&#8230; with the fly-half to continue as captain for the rest of the World Cup<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Owen Farrell returns for England on Saturday having served four-match ban\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He received a red card for high tackle on Taine Basham during win over Wales<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After <span>Steve Borthwick recalled Owen Farrell on Thursday, he was asked if the Test centurion would continue as England&#8217;s leader for the rest of this World Cup. The answer was emphatic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I picked Owen as captain back in June, and have been very clear on that,&#8217; said the national coach. Debate over \u2014 if there ever was any real debate. There certainly wasn&#8217;t in Borthwick&#8217;s mind.<\/p>\n<p>While George Ford has performed superbly at 10 in the wins over Argentina and Chile, and Courtney Lawes has stepped up as an authoritative stand-in skipper, Farrell&#8217;s status was not in jeopardy while he served his high-tackle ban.<\/p>\n<p>Back comes the Saracen to start at fly-half against Chile here on Saturday, with Ford rotated to a bench role and Marcus Smith unleashed at full-back from the off, for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Farrell has been impatiently waiting to join this campaign. His sense of anticipation was evident when he spoke last night, despite the relatively low-key nature of the occasion which awaits.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/21\/75703637-0-image-a-49_1695328945424.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Captain\u00a0Owen Farrell returns at fly-half for England having completed his four-match ban<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/20\/74301381-0-The_No10_was_sent_off_for_a_high_tackle_on_Taine_Basham_during_E-a-43_1695324496844.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Farrell received a red card for a high tackle on Taine Basham during win over Wales in August<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m massively excited, he said. &#8216;I&#8217;ve been looking forward to getting to the World Cup and it&#8217;s been tough-ish not playing, but it&#8217;s been brilliant to see how well the lads have been doing on the pitch. I&#8217;m desperate to be part of it, I can&#8217;t wait.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;George has been playing brilliantly and the lads have done really well the last couple of weeks. They&#8217;ve played really smart, winning rugby so far. The team&#8217;s figured out ways to impose themselves on the game and, when they&#8217;re out there, how to close off games, which is a big plus. Everything I&#8217;ve seen, it&#8217;s been good, but we will always be trying to improve.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Borthwick described Farrell as an &#8216;incredibly influential off-field leader&#8217; so far in this tournament. He has been typically prominent during training at England&#8217;s base in Le Touquet on the north coast \u2014 and he has been vocal behind the scenes, too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/21\/75702185-0-image-a-45_1695326609254.jpg\" height=\"567\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Since we found out about the ban, my role was clear,&#8217; said the 31-year-old. &#8216;I was glad I was able to keep training, it&#8217;s not like where you&#8217;re injured and you&#8217;re sat on the sidelines and can&#8217;t do too much. I&#8217;ve still been part of the group, which was good, but ultimately you still want to be out there at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve been doing anything I can. I&#8217;ve just been here to help so far. Obviously, train well, first and foremost. I&#8217;ve not been too quiet. I&#8217;ve been doing stuff as I saw fit, backing myself a little bit that I have a good enough feel for what the team needs.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that Farrell has also been pretty vocal during matches. Vocal and passionate, while stuck in the stands. He admitted that being a spectator doesn&#8217;t suit him and he found the whole unusual experience draining, during the early Pool D fixtures in Marseille and Nice, on the opening two weekends.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether he tried to detach himself while watching on, he said: &#8216;I don&#8217;t detach myself, no. I&#8217;m knackered by the end, to be honest! Especially after that first one. I wouldn&#8217;t describe myself as a good watcher.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I feel involved. I feel like I&#8217;m out there at times. I feel every emotion that goes with it, sometimes even more than I would if I was playing. I wouldn&#8217;t describe myself as the best in the stands! I wouldn&#8217;t say I am unbelievably loud, it is just more the emotion of the game. I go through it all.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Among a raft of changes as Borthwick uses the depth in his squad for this game, there will be a major focus on Smith&#8217;s first starting appearance at full-back.<\/p>\n<p>The head coach said: &#8216;We&#8217;ve been working on him as a 15 option from very early in our camps. Given the way he has played in that position, he deserves this opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/21\/20\/75691397-0-Marcus_Smith_will_start_in_an_unfamiliar_full_back_role_in_a_rev-a-42_1695324293268.jpg\" height=\"431\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Marcus Smith will start in an unfamiliar full back role in a revamped England side against Chile\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Everyone knows his ability with ball in hand. Everyone knows he&#8217;s got a great tactical kicking game. Having that ball in space at 15 gives him even more time to find opportunities and find more space.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What we are seeing is that his ability under the high ball is very good and he is a really tough, brave defender. You don&#8217;t want your full-back to make many tackles but when you do, they are usually pretty important ones. Marcus has shown himself to bring a real intensity to his defence as well.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Joining Smith in a revamped back-three unit is Henry Arundell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the inclusion of the turbo-charged, rookie wing, Borthwick added: &#8216;Henry has got a special talent and ability to beat people. He is a very instinctive player, so I talk to him about backing his instincts. If he makes a decision to go, then go \u2014 beat people. It&#8217;s what he does so very, very well. The team needs to play to his strengths. I want the ball in Henry&#8217;s hands.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>ENGLAND&#8217;S TEAM TO FACE CHILE<\/h3>\n<p>M Smith (Harlequins); H Arundell (Racing 92), E Daly (Saracens), O Lawrence (Bath), M Malins (Bristol); O Farrell (capt. Saracens), D Care (Harlequins); B Rodd (Sale), T Dan (Saracens), K Sinckler (Bristol); D Ribbans (Toulon), G Martin (Leicester); L Ludlam (Northampton), B Vunipola (Saracens), J Willis (Toulouse).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Replacements:<\/span> J Walker (Harlequins), J Marler (Harlequins), W Stuart (Bath), O Chessum (Leicester), B Earl (Saracens), B Youngs (Leicester), G Ford (Sale), J Marchant (Stade Francais).<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12546849\/Owen-Farrell-relishing-return-England-fray-low-key-clash-against-Chile-serving-high-tackle-ban-fly-half-continue-captain-rest-World-Cup.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Owen Farrell relishing England return in low-key clash against Chile after serving four-match ban&#8230; with the fly-half to continue as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288479,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Captain Owen Farrell relishing return to England fray against Chile - Sports Love Me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/rugby-union\/captain-owen-farrell-relishing-return-to-england-fray-against-chile\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Captain Owen Farrell relishing return to England fray against Chile - Sports Love Me\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Owen Farrell relishing England return in low-key clash against Chile after serving four-match ban&#8230; 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