Defeat by Barbarians fails to worry England manager

England 29, Barbarians 49

“The positives in terms of the rest of the year were there to see,” said Woodward who names his squad for next month’s tour to New Zealand and Australia on Tuesday. He said what he witnessed at Twickenham would not affect his selection suggesting there will be few, if any, changes to the Grand Slam squad.

Fly-half David Humphreys, who landed seven conversions from seven attempts, said: “The most important thing was we played some good rugby and scored some good tries.”