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England's Marcus Watson looks forward to the London Sevens at Twickenham

Image: Marcus Watson: England's flyer

Marcus Watson will draw on every roar of what promises to be a boisterous Twickenham crowd when England run out against world champions New Zealand at the London Sevens this weekend.

Experience
However, for now England's primary focus is Saturday's pool games against Wales, Argentina and New Zealand at Twickenham. They have recalled experienced trio Chris Cracknell, Mat Turner and Christian Lewis-Pratt for this weekend and Watson believes their experience can help England ride the surge of home support to victory. "Experience is going to be important with a big crowd and those two will definitely bring some of that. Chris Cracknell will bring a little bit of edge to our team at the breakdown and contact, and Mat Turner was nominated as world player of the year a couple of years ago so he is vastly experienced and is a quality player. They should help our cause. "I am very confident and, I speak for everyone in the team, when I say that. We are going to go out there and give our best performance and hopefully the crowd can get behind us and push us through."

Three to watch

Tom Mitchell (England) - He has just been announced in the top four for world player of the year so he is one to definitely look out for. Samisoni Viriviri (Fiji) - He has scored a lot of tries this year and he is very quick so he will be a huge threat. Gillies Kaka (New Zealand) - He is a really good play maker with some great footwork. He is a pretty exciting player. See the final action and experience the family fun on Sunday with tickets available on rfu.com/marriottlondonsevens until 12 noon on Friday or from Twickenham ticket office on the day