NICK CAIN
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Danny Cipriani’s recent biography has shined a light on the player cliques within the England team that held sway during the seven years Eddie Jones was coach, and in Stuart Lancaster’s tenure before him.
It is a great pity that Cipriani’s criticism has only just surfaced, because the ‘closed shop’ mentality it fostered has damaged England as an international force.
However, having seen Cipriani frozen out in Cape Town first-hand on the summer tour of South Africa in 2018 – and written about it at the time – it is important for the future of t...