JEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

New cap: Northampton back row Lewis Ludlam starts on the blindside flank
PICTURE: Getty Images

With the pre- World Cup training jollies finally over we can now get on to the semiserious stuff of the warm-up games.
Although having various training camps everywhere seems to be a trend for each country, vying for the most expensive, exotic location within a reasonable travelling distance, what is the point, and why is there the need to do this? England had training camps abroad when I played, but we weren’t forced to train in extreme conditio...