Jack van Poortvliet ‘better than ever’ after his year of hell

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By Adam Hathaway

England head coach Steve Borthwick will see a new, improved Jack van Poortvliet when he pitches up at national training this week.
Scrum-half Van Poortvliet has come back from his year of hell better than ever according to his attack coach at Leicester, Peter Hewat.
Van Poortvliet had a season to forget after his World Cup and Six Nations were wrecked by a horror ankle break and just failed to make the England summer tour cut.
The 23-year-old has hit the ground running this campaign, captaining Tigers last week against Bath, and putting himself back in the Test frame.
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