Alex Sanderson: George Ford wants to be a player, not a coach

By Jon Newcombe

George Ford returns to training next week but it has come too late for him to be included in England’s Autumn Nations Series 36-man squad.
The Curry twins, Ben and Tom, have been included, as has Sharks team-mate, winger Tom Roebuck, but Ford has missed out having been sidelined since he tore his quad against Saracens at the end of September.
Given the club’s policy of not playing a player without a full week of training behind him, the earliest Ford will be considered for selection by Sale is the trip to his former club Bath on October 26.
Ford has been making himself usefu...

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