But it will be his latest mentor that will shape the future career of Lawes.
Hunter was responsible for overseeing the rise of players like Courtney Lawes from club to international level.
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James Gaskell, Courtney Lawes, Andy Saull, Joe Simpson and Ben Youngs are the Discovery of the Season nominees.
Lawes won his first international cap in the autumn, having impressed for Saints in Premiership and European matches.
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Haskell, normally a blind-side flanker, replaces Moody on the open-side, while Wood comes in for Tom Croft and Deacon replaces Courtney Lawes.
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Dylan Hartley, Shane Geraghty, Courtney Lawes and Ben Foden were all in the squad for the autumn series but enjoyed mixed fortunes.
Uncapped Dave Attwood of Gloucester, Tom Palmer of Stade Francais, veteran Wasp Simon Shaw and Northampton's Courtney Lawes are the locks included.
Courtney Lawes, 20, was a surprise inclusion in the side, having been promoted from the Saxons squad and having never been capped previously.
Lawes, meanwhile, is the epitome of the athletic modern-day second-rower with a dynamic style that allows him to smash opponents in fearsome fashion.
Northampton held off the challenge of the tournament specialists with a thrilling 31-27 win, and Lawes was at the absolute heart of their performance.
Deacon has started both of the autumn Tests but he is among the replacements after 20-year-old Courtney Lawes was released back to Northampton on Tuesday.
The Saints director of rugby will be without Dylan Hartley, Shane Geraghty, Ben Foden and Courtney Lawes, who have all made England's elite player squad.
Injuries have paved the way for the 20-year-old Lawes to be promoted to England's elite player squad after just 32 first-team games for the Saints.
The television match official studied the replay before deciding Tonga'uiha had knocked on as he went over, which meant Courtney Lawes's follow-up effort was also discounted.
Over 32 poems Mr Hill traces an elegiac sequence for Lawes and his music, intermingling the historical events around his death with flashes of the everyday.
Also added to the bench are Northampton lock Courtney Lawes, who won his first cap as a replacement against Australia last November, and Brive hooker Steve Thompson.
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Newman's first encounter with Lawes was when he saw the then 17-year-old line up in the same side as his son Joe, at Northampton Old Scouts RFC.
An eight-or-nine week absence would see Lawes sidelined until the penultimate fixture of England's campaign against Scotland on 13 March, but he would not have any match fitness.
Northampton stalwart Lennie Newman has seen players come and go during his 21 years at the club, but none quite like the 6ft 7in and 18 stone Lawes.
It is a fresh blow to Johnson, who is already missing Lewis Moody, Tom Croft, Courtney Lawes and Dave Attwood for at least the first month of the competition.
Northampton's pre-match preparations were hampered when England call-up Courtney Lawes failed to recover from a minor groin strain, so Neil Best was promoted off the bench to start at blind-side flanker.
Then Williams stole the show in the 76th minute as he ripped the ball away from England replacement Courtney Lawes, kicked downfield and gathered the ball for the game's only try, which Halfpenny converted.
He has resisted the option of recalling former captain Steve Borthwick, although it is possible the Saracens lock could still be promoted from the England Saxons as a temporary replacement for Lawes.
Second-row Lawes, 20, made his international debut from the bench against Australia, having been promoted from the Saxons squad but was not handed a start against either Argentina or the All Blacks.
Sleightholme and Newman are in no doubt that Lawes - a "level-headed guy" from a "strong family" - will cope with everything thrown at him over the next few weeks with England.
But Lawes is not just a "crash, bang, wallop" destroyer, as his magnificent display against Munster's Ireland and Lions second-row pairing of Paul O'Connell and Donnacha O'Callaghan in the Heineken Cup demonstrated.
But the emergence of 21-year-old Lawes, who made his first Test start in the victory in Sydney, and 23-year-old Attwood, who started all three midweek games on tour, have hastened his demise.
More fisticuffs burst out, Paul Tito heavily engaged with Hartley and opposing locks Lawes and Christian Day, before Parks slotted over the penalty to level the match at 6-6 on the half-hour mark.
Brought up just minutes from Franklin's Gardens, Lawes is the local boy done good but was a late developer in rugby terms having only taken up the game at the age of 16.
The poet takes as his initial subject matter a little known Cavalier composer, William Lawes, who at his death in the battle of Chester in 1645 was already overshadowed by his brother, Henry.
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