NICK CAIN

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The roll call for England’s three-Test tour of Australia reads as follows: two old guard rejects, eight new boys, 13 ruled out, and – based on the horror show against the Barbarians at Twickenham last Sunday – not a prayer in hell.
Billy Vunipola and 35-year-old scrum-half Danny Care will be upbeat after their red rose recalls, and the new recruits, Guy Porter, Tommy Freeman, Fraser Dingwall, Jack van Poortvliet, Henry Arundell, Will Joseph, Jack Walker and Patrick Schickerling will be delighted with their tour party promotion. But that’s wher...