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England qualified: Nathan Hughes came to the Premiership before he was capped by his homeland Fiji
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There is an old saying, ‘there are lies, damn lies and statistics’, all of which can be said to be true when dealing with Phil Winstanley’s assertion in last week’s Rugby Paper that the EQP agreement is working for England.
First, although there may be 200 out of the 276 players in the Premiership matchday squads who qualify for England, it doesn’t mean that they are English. Many players from all...