Danny Cipriani will be on the plane on Tuesday when England's advance party fly to Auckland to prepare for the first Test, but he won't be in the starting line-up. Barring a fundamental shift in management thinking over the next week, Freddie Burns will emerge from a season of personal trials and tribulations to start the series opener against the All Blacks at Eden Park. In the enforced absence of Owen Farrell and Stephen Myler - due to fixture congestion - and the injured George Ford, the 24-year-old Burns will be thrust into the No 10 shirt and entrusted with the playmaker's role in a selection decision based more on familiarity than form.
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Burns will be thrust into the No 10 shirt in enforced absence of Owen Farrell and Stephen Myler
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Fly-half is destined to be selected in Auckland ahead of Danny Cipriani
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England optimistic that Billy Twelvetrees will be fit for the second Test
Owen Farrell
Owen Farrell
'Even though Freddie hasn't played as many games for us in the last two years as someone like Owen  (@placeholder), he has been in the camp a long time, so as a consequence  he understands it a little bit better.'