With the Springboks on England's Nations Championship schedule, this Planet Rugby depth chart breakdown is worth a Bok supporter's attention. The injury toll up front — Stuart, Davison, Rodd, Baxter and Willis all absent — has forced Borthwick into some genuine selection dilemmas, but the piece argues the pack still enters the summer in decent shape after a strong Six Nations scrum campaign.
The most tactically relevant call for the Springbok Test is at blindside flank, where Borthwick is expected to move Chessum into the back-row specifically to match the physicality of a Pieter-Steph du Toit-led loose trio. That shifts Itoje and Martin into the first-choice lock pairing. Earl is firmly nailed at eight, with Pollock the likely seven, while Heyes — probably England's best forward in the Six Nations — anchors a tighthead depth chart that looks thin beyond him. The piece also flags Jamie George's impending retirement as a driver for extended hooker auditions across the three Tests.