For those who picked up a match day program for Ireland v England, you would have spotted a typo for England's highly rated back row Tom Willis.
The Saracens man was incorrectly listed as 'Tom Wills', which would have handed his brother Jack an excellent brand deal with a Devon based clothing line. Tom Willis was also named with an asterisk next to his name, which indicated that England's replacement forward was set to make his debut off the bench.
However, Willis had in fact made his debut for England back in 2023, in a Rugby World Cup warm-up Test match away to Wales.
Willis was amongst the contingency of players that also included Tom Pearson, Joe Cokanasiga, Jamie Blamire and Guy Porter, who were then cut from Steve Borthwick's squad that would make the trip to France.
Whilst this match was not Willis' England debut, the stadium announcer echoed this around the Aviva, with the back row given extra commendation for his Test match 'debut'.
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