Joseph must stop ambling through and get positive

More like it: Jonathan Joseph makes a break against Scotland in last year’s Six Nations
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IF Jonathan Joseph was more penetrative in his running, and making more clean breaks, there would be no discussion about the England 13 shirt because, rather than being ousted by Ben Te’o, he would have made it his own. Instead, the Bath outside-centre has been replaced in the starting line-up against Italy by Te’o, with Eddie Jones picking a man who has not played since being injured in October.
That is a serious warning shot. The signs were there that the Engl...

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