LONDON (Reuters) -It should probably be no surprise that Ellis Genge took a long pause before answering the question of how he felt to be leading his country after being named as England captain against Fiji on Saturday as Maro Itoje starts on the bench.

Genge, now 30, has never been the typical England player, whose public speaking has been honed by a decade of private school education, and he eschewed the standard "it's an honour and a privilege" line as he pondered his answer to journalists soon after coach Steve Borthwick had announced the appointment.