By Jon Newcombe

Joe Heyes has used the hurt of missing out on a place in England’s Autumn Nations Series squad to drive him on to bigger and better things.
The 25-year-old Leicester Tigers tighthead went on the summer tour to New Zealand and Japan but didn’t feature in any of the three Tests and then sat out the November campaign.
Mindful that there is strong competition for places in the England set-up with a number of young, hungry props starting to emerge such as Gloucester’s U20 World Cup winner Afolabi Fasogbon, Heyes has worked hard on his all-round game in a bid to shift the dial and...