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Men's Six Nations: Wales v England
Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff Date: Saturday, 15 March Kick-off: 16:45 GMT
Coverage: Watch on BBC One, BBC Sport website and app, plus S4C via iPlayer. Text commentary and highlights on BBC Sport website and app. Listen live on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Radio 5 Live.
Wing Tommy Freeman says he is already studying how to play centre with a move into midfield "definitely on the cards" for England.
All 19 of Freeman's Test appearance have come on the wing, but the 24-year-old regularly switched to outside centre for Northampton last season, starting there in Saints' Champions Cup semi-final defeat by Leinster.
Ollie Lawrence, England's first-choice 13, suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon injury in Sunday's win over Italy, while the team have lacked a heavy-duty gainline-breaking midfield runner since Manu Tuilagi moved to French side Bayonne in 2024.
"I have trained there and, in the week, I make sure I know I know all the roles there," Freeman told Rugby Union Weekly.
"It is definitely on the cards. That option is there."
Asked if he saw centre as a long-term positional switch, Freeman said "not right now" while revealing there were aspects of playing centre that were more enjoyable than being on the wing.
"You get a lot more touches being one in, and I like to create things as much as finish them," he added.
Freeman is in a rich vein of try-scoring form, having crossed in each of England's games in the Six Nations this year. If he does so again against Wales on Saturday, he will become the first English player to score tries in every round of the Six Nations.
France wing Philippe Bernat-Salles is the only player to have achieved the feat since Italy's inclusion in the competition in 2000, although his compatriot Louis Bielle-Biarrey would also achieve the feat with a try when France play Scotland.
Saturday's game will be Freeman's first experience of playing away at the Principality Stadium for England.
"Having spoken to the lads about it, I know it is an awesome place to go, the crowd is electric with the roof on," he said "I am really buzzing for it."
As well as coming out on top in the usual fierce rivalry between the two nations, England hope they can end the day at the summit of the Six Nations table.
Leaders France are a point ahead of England and have a vastly superior points difference than any other team. Ireland, in third, are a point behind England before taking on Italy in their final match.
However Freeman insisted that chasing a four-try bonus point would not change how England approach the game.
"I don't think it influences us as players, we know what we can control," he added. "We are aggressive with the ball and run with intent, that is all we can do, what happens happens.
"If we get our game on, hopefully the tries come off the back of it. If that puts some sort of pressure on the other teams then that is a win."
Freeman also revealed one thing has been unique in England's preparation however, with his rapping skills being called upon by head coach Steve Borthwick.
"In the meeting yesterday Steve was talking about these buzzwords and they kind of rhymed a little bit, he noticed and asked us 'if there was to be a rap, who would you choose to rap?'
"At Saints I did a rap once so one of the lads mentioned my name. So that was last night, stressing, sorting this rap out.
"I did it this morning about our collision skills. It went down great, I ended up tearing into everyone and then tearing into myself."
