By Nick Cain - Read his expert opinion every week
Will Collier’s command performance for Castres against Toulouse in the Top 14 last weekend should have given Steve Borthwick, and his England scrum coach, Tom Harrison, an uncomfortable jolt ahead of the Autumn internationals.
This is because it was a reminder of what England have missed out on, mainly because of a flawed front row selection policy, favoured by Eddie Jones – and continued by Borthwick, his former assistant, and now head coach.
This is based on picking props on the false premise that being a strong scrummager is an optional ...
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