NEALE HARVEY finds England head coach Steve Bates has set his lads a big challenge

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Returning stars: Quins flier Gabriel Ibitoye and Saints fly-half James Grayson
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England head coach Steve Bates has challenged his Six Nations charges to force their way into Eddie Jones’s reckoning for the 2019 World Cup.
Last year’s junior Red Rose grand slam-winning side featured six players who progressed to Jones’s senior squad – Joe Cokanasiga, Ben and Tom Curry, Nick Isiekwe, Jack Maunder and Zach Mercer – and Bates believes the current c...