England were beaten by back-to-back champions Ireland in Dublin on Saturday; Steve Borthwick's side return to action against France, who saw Antoine Dupont help them thrash Wales in their Six Nations opener.
Dupont underlined his creative brilliance in Friday's demolition of Wales to provide more compelling evidence to those who argue that he is the sport's greatest player of all time. England have been busy devising a strategy to prevent the Toulouse ringmaster from running the show in a must-win encounter and Freeman insists he is not invulnerable. He's like everyone else - you take his legs and he goes down," the Northampton wing said. France set the Six Nations alight with their Dupont-inspired drubbing of Wales and fears are growing that they are poised to inflict further misery on England.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player. A defeat by Ireland on Saturday registered a record-equalling seventh successive defeat against top-tier opposition for Steve Borthwick's side, and one more loss would represent a new low in the nation's year rugby history. Six Nations Latest news and reports. Familiar flaws haunt 'inexperienced' England. Ireland beat England in Six Nations opener. Latest Six Nations fixtures, results, schedule. On current form the Twickenham showdown is a mismatch, but Freeman is adamant that England can pull off the upset.
At the end of the day everyone is human, it's rugby," Freeman said. They'll do the same to theirs. We'll give ours as best a shot as we can. We felt like our first half was unbelievable. We came out firing and left it all out there. There was probably an element in the second half where we lapsed in concentration and a few things didn't go our way. Hopefully we'll get on the right side of the results. Murley marked his international debut with a try against Ireland as England began their campaign with a loss in Dublin, but the Harlequins winger suffered a foot injury.
Head coach Steve Borthwick's decision to supplement his options in midfield and full-back with Lozowski means Murley's place in the starting line-up will be filled by a member of England's original squad. The leading contenders to start against France at Twickenham are Ollie Sleightholme, Tom Roebuck and Elliot Daly, all of whom missed out on the player match-day squad in Dublin.
