By PAUL REES
Tom Willis aims to take the positives from his failed attempt to prove his World Cup credentials to Steve Borthwick.
The back rower is confident his switch to serial winners Saracens will offer him plenty more opportunities to eventually nail down a place in his England set-up.
Willis, 24, was left wondering what might have been after being part of Borthwick’s summer training squad but missing the cut for France.
He had so badly wanted to join brother Jack in attempting to end his country’s 20-year wait for a second Webb Ellis Cup. But while it came as a setback Tom Willis says: ...