Think outside the box to offer fringe players an opportunity to shine

MY team to play Japan is based on Eddie Jones being able to pick any English player from any Premiership club for his training and match squads. This is the least that the EPS clause in the 2016 Professional Game Agreement should guarantee the England coach given that the RFU have paid the clubs £220m, mainly for access to players.

The England 23 picked here for the Japan Test includes only seven players named in the 36man England squad selected for the Autumn series, and 16 from outside it.

I have also named a pool of 3rd-4th choice players that come into the reckoning if Jones is to fulfil his intention of having four players for each position ahead of the 2019 World Cup. Given the current rate of attrition among England players he will need them. Nick Cain's England team against Japan

Alex Goode; Joe Cokanasiga, Joe Marchant, Alex Lozowski, Nathan Earle;

Danny Cipriani, Ben Spencer (Ben Vellacott); Ben Moon, Jack Singleton, Nick Schonert, Ed Slater, Dave Attwood, Don Armand, Lewis Ludlow, Zach Mercer.

Replacements: Tommy Taylor, Richard Barrington, Henry Thomas, Calum Green, Mike Rhodes, Will Chudley, Joe Simmonds, Josh Bassett. Eddie Jones’ England Squad for 2018 Autumn Series Forwards: Tom Curry, Charlie Ewels, Jamie George, Dylan Hartley (co-capt), Alec Hepburn, Ted Hill, Maro Itoj George Kruis, Courtney Lawes, Z Mercer, Ben Moon, Ben Morgan, Rhodes , Nick Schonert, Brad Sh Kyle Sinckler, Elliott Stooke, Sam Underhill, Harry Williams, Mark W

Backs: Chris Ashton, Mike Brow Care, Joe Cokanasiga, Elliot Daly Earle, Owen Farrell (co-capt), Ge Ford, Alex Lozowski, Jonny May, Nowell, Henry Slade, Ben Te’o, M Tuilagi, Richard Wigglesworth, B Youngs