{"id":291901,"date":"2023-09-09T12:35:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T12:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=291901"},"modified":"2023-09-09T12:35:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T12:35:07","slug":"lawes-is-backed-to-succeed-as-england-captain-in-farrells-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/lawes-is-backed-to-succeed-as-england-captain-in-farrells-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawes is backed to succeed as England captain in Farrell&apos;s absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Courtney Lawes is backed to succeed as England captain in Owen Farrell&#8217;s suspended absence at Rugby World Cup by Ben Youngs and Dan Cole<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Owen Farrell will England&#8217;s first two Rugby World Cup games as he finishes a ban<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He&#8217;ll miss England&#8217;s clash with Argentina (Saturday) and Japan (September 16)\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ben Youngs and Dan Cole believe England have the perfect leader in Courtney Lawes going into the Rugby World Cup with captain Owen Farrell suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Lawes will skipper England for their opening two matches at this year&#8217;s showpiece in France which begins against Argentina on Saturday night in Marseille (8pm kick-off) before facing Japan eight days later in Nice (8pm kick-off).<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old&#8217;s role has been elevated due to the ban of Owen Farrell.<\/p>\n<p>Farrell was slapped with a belated four-game ban for his high tackle on Wales back-rower Taine Basham last month &#8211; with the last half of those concluding with Argentina and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Lawes reached a century of caps for his country during the Red Rose&#8217;s final warm-up game against Fiji last month, which ended in a demoralising 22-30 home defeat at Twickenham.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/11\/75147377-12489245-Courtney_Lawes_has_been_backed_to_succeed_as_England_captain_ami-a-9_1694257172081.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Courtney Lawes has been backed to succeed as England captain amid Owen Farrell&#8217;s ban<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/11\/74657971-12489245-England_will_be_without_usual_captain_Farrell_for_their_first_tw-a-11_1694257172335.jpg\" height=\"463\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/11\/74301381-12489245-Farrell_was_sent_off_for_a_high_tackle_on_Taine_Basham_during_En-a-12_1694257172433.jpg\" height=\"463\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>England will be without usual captain Farrell for their first two games of the Rugby World Cup<\/p>\n<h3>England&#8217;s Rugby World Cup group matches\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Argentina &#8211; September 9 (Marseille)<\/p>\n<p>Japan &#8211; September 17 (Nice)<\/p>\n<p>Chile &#8211; September 23 (Lille)<\/p>\n<p>Samoa &#8211; October 7 (Lille)<\/p>\n<p>It was the latest blow to head coach Steve Borthwick&#8217;s preparations but Youngs and Cole are adamant that Lawes can help inspire England to better days while Farrell is out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s a great guy, I&#8217;ve known him since England Under 18s,&#8217; scrum-half Youngs reflected to Mail Sport at the Wear the Rose event at the O2 Arena last month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Myself, Jamie George, Joe Marler and Courtney have come through together so to see him get 100 caps given his amazing service to England and the amount of injuries he&#8217;s had to overcome is a credit to him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s been an amazing servant and hugely physical player.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As a captain, he gives a real calming presence, he&#8217;s never flustered but he also leads by how he plays, putting his body on the line and being abrasive in how he plays. Leaders come in different ways and he&#8217;s very much a roll your sleeves up and lead by example.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Cole was as equally as effusive in his praise, adding: &#8216;He&#8217;s brilliant and experienced. As a leader he leads from the front with his physicality, ball carrying and ability to provide front-foot ball.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s a smart player who has captained England before and I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;ll do a fantastic job.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/11\/75147491-12489245-Scrum_half_Ben_Youngs_hailed_Lawes_as_a_real_calming_presence_wh-a-10_1694257172332.jpg\" height=\"430\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Scrum-half Ben Youngs hailed Lawes as a &#8216;real calming presence&#8217; who is &#8216;never flustered&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/11\/75147553-12489245-Dan_Cole_left_labelled_Lawes_a_smart_player_who_will_do_a_fantas-a-14_1694257174120.jpg\" height=\"477\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dan Cole (left) labelled Lawes a &#8216;smart player&#8217; who &#8216;will do a fantastic job&#8217; in Farrell&#8217;s absence<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/11\/75145493-12489245-The_duo_spoke_to_Mail_Sport_at_the_Wear_the_Rose_event_at_the_O2-a-13_1694257174116.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The duo spoke to Mail Sport at the Wear the Rose event at the O2 Arena, which Lawes attended<\/p>\n<p><span>England Rugby<\/span><span>&#8216;s most Unstoppable fan crowned at O2 event with full 33-player squad, winning unlimited England Rugby home match tickets until 2025!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12489245\/Courtney-Lawes-backed-succeed-England-captain-Owen-Farrells-suspended-absence-Rugby-World-Cup-Ben-Youngs-Dan-Cole.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtney Lawes is backed to succeed as England captain in Owen Farrell&#8217;s suspended absence at Rugby World Cup by Ben <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291900,"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 - 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