THE FORMER ENGLAND AND BATH No.8

DAVE EGERTON

My last involvement with the England squad came after the 1990 tour of Argentina, the first since the Falklands War.
It may just be coincidence, but I was not involved again after a tour forfeit forced me to arrive at a function wearing a Batman costume in front of the President of Argentina – and other dignitaries such as Diego Maradona – to a backdrop of trumpet noises from the rest of the lads doing a rendition of Johnny Cash ‘s Ring of Fire.
Geoff Cooke had come in as coach off the back of a disastrous 1987 World Cup unde...