It's a shame (if that's true) that Ford won't be there, however I reckon he'll start next week, with Farrell on the bench, so it's not too terrible.

I'm actually all right with that bench, in theory. Farrell has 80 minutes in him - 36 has a fair amount of time at 10 and can fill in there in the unlikely event of Farrell getting injured, and Barritt is there to cover if Burrell has a mare.

Goode, while not amazing, isn't going to lose us a game off the bench. The wings are young enough to easily have a full game in them, and Brown rarely goes off, so I wouldn't be surprised to see Goode not used, or at the most get a token 5mins at the end.