For South Africa's 'bomb squad' now read England's 'Pom squad', as revealed by full-back Freddie Steward to Sky Sports this week.

Steve Borthwick's England host New Zealand at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham on Saturday for their third Autumn Nations Series fixture, and do so with a bench locked and loaded once more.

One of the enduring images and notions of the South Africa team which would go on to defend their 2019 Rugby World Cup title in France four years later was the self-styled 'bomb squad'.

Such a rugby idea was rooted in holding back some of the best players within your squad on the replacements bench, and then unloading them all at once within the second half for maximum impact to kick on and win the game. It's a tactic Borthwick's England are very visibly starting to employ wi

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