Chris Ashton and Danny Cipriani are like men with itchy trigger fingers who are caught in a hypnotic trance which draws them inexorably towards the button marked ‘selfdestruct’. Over the last couple of weeks the two Red Rose prodigals, who had both been brought back into the fold after being named in the England preseason training squad selected by Eddie Jones earlier this month, have had a good stab at throwing their international futures away.
Cipriani’s arrest after an off-field incident during Gloucester’s pre-season tour of Jersey which involved a tangle with ...