Is Mark Wilson still injured? He did a pretty good job at 8 last year, making up for power of carries with volume and work-rate. I guess you could partner Curry and Underhill with a big 6/8 (Ted Hill, Lewis Ludlam, Itoje/Lawes etc) and hope to achieve similar balance. I'm not sure if a 6-7-8 of Curry, Underhill, Earl has quite enough bang but who knows with Eddie...
I think Wilson has been injured, just coming back from it now.
I hope he doesn't mess around with playing a lock in the back row, don't think it has ever been that successful, I did like the look of Ludlum in the brief glimpses at the WC.
Is Mark Wilson still injured? He did a pretty good job at 8 last year, making up for power of carries with volume and work-rate. I guess you could partner Curry and Underhill with a big 6/8 (Ted Hill, Lewis Ludlam, Itoje/Lawes etc) and hope to achieve similar balance. I'm not sure if a 6-7-8 of Curry, Underhill, Earl has quite enough bang but who knows with Eddie...