NICK CAIN

MANU Tuilagi’s latest knee operation, which rules him out of England’s summer tour to Australia, shows just how precarious it is for Eddie Jones to build his midfield plans around the Sale centre. 
The England coach has had seven years to find a powerful, straight-running 12 replacement, but has not done so. This is because he has always had the option of moving Owen Farrell to inside centre – but it is not a solution which will win England another World Cup title. Jones must make amends on the Australia tour by unearthing a new line-breaker at 12, with Mark Atkinson the...