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A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

Under pressure: Kyle Sinckler’s scrum technique needs tuning
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As England’s South African odyssey begins and Eddie Jones attempts to reboot his World Cup plan, I have to wonder if this was the best place to experiment?
A new look England taking on a desperate South Africa, with new coach Rassie Erasmus trying to make a better fist of the enforced quota system than his predecessor Allister Coetzee, is hardly the place to make World Cup decisions. Erasmus has grasped a poisoned chalice if ever there was one, given t...