Confident Stuart Lancaster backs England and new start for centre pair

• Brad Barritt and Jonathan Joseph start together for first time against Ireland• Lancaster insists his World Cup preparations have gone to planEngland will go into Saturday’s final warm-up international against Ireland before the World Cup they are hosting with two centres starting a match together for the first time, 13 days before the tournament opener against Fiji at Twickenham. After 41 matches in charge, the head coach, Stuart Lancaster, said that Jonathan Joseph and Brad Barritt would team up in the midfield, in the 13th pairing of his reign.Lancaster also plans to shake up his second a…

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