Awkward questions for Eddie to ponder around World Cup

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NICK CAIN’S welljudged assessment of England’s present position in last Sunday’s TRP was welcome.
Any judgement of where England are a year and a half from the World Cup throws up some awkward questions.
1. Jones has consistently selected the same two scrumhalves, neither of whom would make a best-in-Europe team. He claims to want at least three players competing for every position. Who is the third?
2. It seems increasingly clear George Ford only performs well behind a dominant pack. His repeated selection has a knockon effect on the rest of the three-quarter line, and ma...

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