JEREMY GUSCOTT
OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK

It was imperative that England won their opening game against Japan before taking on New Zealand in a two-Test away series. However, given the task ahead of them, it was all about how they won in Tokyo.

While it looked easy, it shows how far England have come in terms of achieving continuity in selection and in terms of establishing process and patterns under head coach Steve Borthwick.
This is fundamentally about putting in the grind to get to 8/10 level in terms of your basics – fitness, set piece, defence, attack – and then adding...