Our Festive England select: Merry Christmas Eddie

Merry Christmas to all rugby union fans and as is tradition we thought we'd send the new England Rugby Coach, Eddie Jones, a present.

Here's our selection for an in-form, youthful Christmas England XV with a few reserves. The wiseman of TalkingRugbyUnion looked at all the possible options and here's what they delivered for Eddie:

15 Mike Haley
14 Chris Ashton
13 Elliot Daly
12 Kyle Eastmond
11 Semesa Rokoduguni
10 Owen Farrell
9.  Joe Simpson
8.  Josh Beaumont
7.  Brendan O'Connor
6.  Matt Garvey
5.  Joe Launchbury
4.  Maro Itoje
3.  Kieran Brookes
2.  Jamie George (C)
1.  Alex Waller

Reserves: Tommy Taylor, Nic Auterac, Jake Cooper-Woolley, Dave Attwood, Billy Vunipola, Ben Youngs, Alex Goode

This would be a cracking team for the festive season, with so many talented English players hitting peak form post Rugby World Cup.

"Eddie,we have done the hard work, taken the big decisions and presented you a gift wrapped team for the Christmas holidays. Enjoy"