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The back row needs sorting, but apart from choosing which two I don't think the 2nd row is much of an issue. Maro needs to up his game to reach the levels of the last year and move on from there, but it's not as though we're weak in that position.
I felt I had to include the 2nd Row because currently we're insisting on shoe-horning all three of Lawes, Launchbury, and Itoje into the team rather than choosing between them.. That is in turn then impacting on the backrow positions, shunting Robshaw to 7 etc. which isn't really his role any more.
On form, it would be Launch and Lawes, but whatever the combination I'd rather something decisive and a proper backrow. Win, lose or draw I don't think this current set-up of a hybrid 4/5/6 is working to the effect they hope it would.