Resurrect the Saxons to keep the poachers away

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Eligible: Callum Sheedy

WHAT’S happening with England Saxons who haven’t mustered since June 2016 when, rather impressively, they won a two-match series Down Under against a powerful Boks second string? Out of interest I checked how many of that 27-strong Saxons squad featured in Japan recently and the answer was none. Well, at a stretch, you could include Richard Hill who cut his teeth in the managerial role that Eddie Jones had earmarked him for.
Now it might be that the Saxons are now a redundant concept, a luxury the cash-strapped RFU can ill afford. Jones likes calling...

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