NICK CAIN
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IN the last fortnight Eddie Jones and his England squad have had a rude awakening. The ‘future shock’ warning they face comes in the form of Will Skelton, the Australian behemoth whose prodigious display at lock for La Rochelle, France’s new European Cup champions, powered them to their 24-21 victory over Leinster last weekend.
Skelton’s 80-minute masterclass in Marseille defied belief given that the sum total of his match action after over a month on the sidelines with a calf injury was 15 minutes off the benc...