Furbank: I can’t wait to take on All Blacks

■By ADAM HATHAWAY

GEORGE Furbank missed a chance to get one over the All Blacks in July – now he has his eyes trained on the rematch at Twickenham next month.
The Northampton fullback pulled out of July’s second Test in Auckland with a back spasm and sat in the stands as England went down 24-17.
Furbank had been name-checked by the Kiwis after the first game in Dunedin for his attacking threat but was robbed of the opportunity to show them more by the injury.
The 27-year-old is a certainty for Steve Borthwick’s squad for the autumn, which is announced on...

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