By PAUL REES

England may have endured another underwhelming Six Nations, losing more matches than they won for the third successive year, but Henry Slade believes they will be a different proposition in the World Cup this autumn.
Exeter centre Slade missed the opening game against Scotland but started the next four under new head coach Steve Borthwick and, at the age of 30 and armed with 56 caps, he has become one of the leaders in the group.
“It was a frustrating Six Nations in terms of results,” he said, “but I do not think we were far away in a number of things. The game against Scotla...