‘Second XV’ were playing for shirts

YOUR otherwise reasoned analysis of last weekend’s international fixtures was marred by irritating reference to England fielding, in your terms, a less than capable selection.
Even Peter Jackson was at it with ‘a largely 2nd XV selection’. Do your reporters not realise the importance of wearing your country’s shirt?
The ‘selection’ played pretty well in the previous game and I would defy anyone to argue that the so-called 1st XV would have been 14pts to the good in as many minutes. How odd that with the reinforcement from these ranks England could not mus...

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