Northampton second-row Courtney Lawes has been waiting patiently for his chance to start for England and is ready to rampage against Australia according to The Guardian's Rob Kitson.
"It would be a fitting tribute if England could mark the passing of one of their greatest rugby men with a stirring win over the Wallabies. Andy Ripley really was a man in a billion, an inspiration even to those who never saw him rampaging around Twickenham in his prime. That the English game has not produced a more thrillingly athletic forward before or since simply magnifies the huge sense of loss.
"Not once did the concept of damage limitation enter Ripley's Corinthian soul, an approach the modern-day England side could do worse than embrace. Maybe Martin Johnson has arrived at the same conclusion, hence the belated decision to select Courtney Lawes for his first Test start. If there is a new age giant out there capable of generating an equal frisson with ball in hand as his head-banded, hippie-loving predecessor, the 21-year-old Lawes could just be the man."
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