THERE is a widely accepted premise among international coaches that you need five worldclass players to win the World Cup, with everyone else in the starting 23 ranging from excellent to very good. Earlier in his England tenure it was a view Eddie Jones said he subscribed to, but after he had named his World Cup 31 last week in Bristol he was reluctant to discuss the subject, let alone name names.
He limited his response to: “Have we got enough class to win the World Cup? Yes. World-class means you have got class players… I won’t name them at this moment… I&rsq...