MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - When Eddie Jones was in charge of England Alex Mitchell and Joe Marchant pretty much resigned themselves to watching the Rugby World Cup from TV, yet, given a new lease of life under Steve Borthwick, both will start Saturday's game against Argentina.
Mitchell cut it the finest, from being dropped from the original squad a month ago, called up to replace the injured Jack van Poortvliet then "training his way" past uber-experienced duo Ben Youngs and Danny Care to earn the starting number nine shirt for only the second time in a career of six caps.
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