Harlequins centre Jordan Turner-Hall reckons England could do worse than build a gameplan around the strengths of fellow Quins Nick Easter, Danny Care and Ugo Monye.

The Stoop trio started in an uninspiring 17-12 victory over Italy in Rome on Sunday to keep team boss Martin Johnson’s men on track for a possible Grand Slam showdown with France in March.

Turner-Hall’s claims are borne out by the fact that the ball passed through each of his clubmates’ hands in the build-up to Mathew Tait’s match-clinching try.

Monye made a handful of lightning breaks to provide some of his side’s few highlights with but, for much of the game, Easter was virtually bypassed by a succession of aimless kicks for territory.

The Quins number eight later recounted how one five minute period of ariel ping-pong saw him barely move more than ten metres as he watched the ball hoofed back and forth over his head.

And Turner-Hall reckons England must address the balance by getting the ball in the hands of Monye and Easter more oftern as Quins did to great effect in the Guinness Premiership last season.

“I’m quite close to Ugo, Danny and Nick so my sympathy goes out to them. No matter how many England won by it probably wouldn’t have been enough,” he said.

“They played some good stuff against Wales, but at the same time they had to against better quality opposition.

“Any team should be looking to play to their strengths. Ugo is definitely one of them for us and for England, as is Nick.

“Nick is a talisman for whoever he plays for. His level of performance is so consistent, you want to build your gameplan around players like him.

“There is a lot more to lose at international level that is just the way the game has gone, but I think England have a good thing going on.

“They are two wins from two games, confidence should be up and they have something positive to build on.”