Friday 28 November 2014 18:17, UK
Billy Twelvetrees deserves his recall to the England team to play Australia on Saturday, according to backs coach Andy Farrell whose son Owen he replaces.
Farrell junior, who has played most of his England games at fly half, was switched to inside centre for last weekend's victory over Samoa but has been dropped to the bench after just one game at 12, to make way for the return of Twelvetrees.
Andy Farrell said: "Billy's been a part of this group for a good few years now and he's had a few things to go back to Gloucester and work on and he's certainly done that.
"He's an integral part of what we're doing with the England set-up - he knows our system inside out.
"He's been very positive in the last couple of weeks when he's not been selected and he deserves his chance."
But the coach said his son Owen will be keen to make an impact if he comes off the bench to play at Twickenham in the final round of the autumn internationals.
"He'll be hungry," he said. "Obviously he's disappointed, like anyone who gets a little bit demoted, but team comes first and he's dusted himself down towards the end of the week and there was a massive team focus throughout the squad of making sure that everyone puts their best performance in for England this weekend."
He confirmed the England team will lead a round of applause in tribute to Aussie cricketer Phillip Hughes before the match but also knows the Australians will make it a very competitive match.
"The Australians will obviously be wearing black armbands and we'll be giving a round of applause for a tragic story in the sporting world," he said.
"The pressure is on in every single game, that's what test match is, it is a test, but this game has got a bit of a spice to it and the fact that we have come unstuck twice in the autumn series and so have Australia - there's two good sides going at it and not quite happy with the results of late.
"It's the last game of the season for Australia - they'll want to go out on a high and so do we as far as our autumn series is concerned.
"With the style of rugby that they've played of late, their performances have been pretty good. They attacked very well, I thought, against Ireland to come back from a 17-point deficit to nearly win the game so they're certainly going to be a threat.
"We want to impose ourselves on them as well, defensively. If we defend well at the weekend we'll have a good chance because we'll get plenty of ball on the back of it."
After Saturday's match, the next time these two former winners of the World Cup will meet will be in Pool A of the contest next year.
Watch coverage of England v Australia live on Sky Sports 2 from 1.30pm on Saturday.
