NICK CAIN
IF you are perplexed by England’s lack of choice when it comes to big inside centres as potential replacements for Manu Tuilagi look no further than the fact that so few Premiership No.12s are English qualified.
A quick survey shows no less than 12 who are not available for Eddie Jones, with nine of them coming from overseas and three who are English born and bred, but have opted for other nations Nick Tompkins (Saracens/Wales) and Scotland’s Rory Hutchinson (Northampton) and Duncan Taylor (Saracens).
The overseas contingent includes Andre Esterhuizen (SA/Harlequins), Malakai Feki...
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