Kelly has his head down to pass test for Eddie

By JON NEWCOMBE

DAN Kelly hopes the distribution skills he’s layering onto his defensive work will see him go to Australia with England this summer.
Eddie Jones’ midfield combination is still a work in progress 18 months out from the next World Cup, with Joe Marchant and Henry Slade not setting the world on fire as a combination, and Manu Tuilagi yet to string a run of games together.
Mancunian Kelly, still only 21, has yet to add to the solitary cap he won against Canada last July, but has impressed in Leicester’s table-topping season.
“The pinnacle for me ...

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