Sunday 11 June 2017 17:38, UK
England head coach Eddie Jones is happy to have a selection dilemma with Chris Robshaw set to return for the second Test against Argentina.
With 30 players unavailable due to injury, suspension and Lions calls, Jones handed out 10 new caps for Saturday's first Test in San Juan and was delighted with their contribution to a 38-34 victory.
Jones could introduce yet more new faces for the second Test in Santa Fe next Saturday, with eight more untried players in his 32-strong squad, while Robshaw looks set to return after missing the opening game with an ankle injury.
"Chris Robshaw has really progressed well," Jones told a media briefing at the team hotel in San Juan. "He should be in full training tomorrow. We anticipate he will be available for selection.
"Everything will be on merit. We need to improve the side for next week."
In order to accommodate Robshaw, Jones must decide whether to leave out Newcastle flanker Mark Wilson or Sale's Tom Curry.
Wilson, 27, opted to tour despite his wife expecting their second child this month and, according to Jones, grabbed his opportunity with both hands.
"He played well, played very well," Jones said. "It was a great debut and it's a nice story about him.
"He probably thought he wouldn't play for England. It shows you there is not just the one route in rugby.
"It shows you the character of the guy that he has left his wife and kid. It is a real kick for Newcastle rugby in terms of having a representative in the England side.
"I went up to see [Newcastle director of rugby] Dean [Richards] before or after the Six Nations and he really rated him. He is someone we have always looked at.
"He is a very similar player to Robshaw, one of those tough, uncompromising, glue-type players who does the unseen things.
"He has been a real revelation, a very selfless guy who is always helping other people, always doing things for the team, works really hard."
Jones also has a big decision to make on rugby league convert Denny Solomona, who scored the dramatic last-minute winning try on his debut but only after enduring a nightmare start to his international rugby union career with a couple of defensive blunders that enabled the Pumas to open up a 31-23 lead.
Jones believes Solomona was affected by the occasion and could face competition from two other uncapped players, Nathan Earle and Harry Mallinder for a spot in the second Test.
"We will be shopping for a tackle bag and studs next week so if you see him roaming the streets you will know why," Jones said.
"I think he was so nervous. You watch him and he misses the tackle, he gets up and he stumbles again. I think he was just so nervous - the big occasion got to him. But the great thing is he bounced back. He had one opportunity to carry the ball and it was a fantastic carry.
"We will have a look for next week. We have got a few other guys in the squad who have been performing well at training. Nathan Earle and Harry Mallinder have all been doing well so there is good competition in that area so we will have a look at that as the week progresses."
