Freddie Steward and Jack van Poortvliet have been recalled to the starting England side to take on South Africa as Steve ...

England fullback Freddie Steward, scrumhalf Jack van Poortvliet, flanker Sam Underhill and winger Ollie Sleightholme will all ...

Freddie Steward, Jack van Poortvliet, Ollie Sleightholme and Sam Underhill come into the England starting line-up to face ...

Steve Borthwick is strongly considering handing recalls to scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet and full-back Freddie Steward for ...

England have reinstated Freddie Steward at full-back and picked Jack van Poortvliet at scrum-half in an effort to salvage ...

Under-pressure Steve Borthwick makes four changes for Springboks showdown after narrow defeats by New Zealand and Australia ...

England have recalled full-back Freddie Steward and scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet as they look to revive their November campaign against world champions South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday.

No player has felt the impact of the Michael Cheika bounce at Leicester more than Jack van Poortvliet, in terms of the scrum-half’s return to the England training squad and in a more physical sense.

Van Poortvliet sits somewhere between the two and has regained the sharpness he lacked at times last season after that serious ankle injury. Working in Randall’s favour, perhaps, is England’s ...

He had the misfortune, however, to be sitting behind regulars Ben Youngs and Danny Care for a decade and, when they moved on, suddenly found Jack van Poortvliet and then Alex Mitchell bumped up to ...