I READ with total dismay that Eddie Jones is going to recall the old guard. Surely the old guard crashed and burned horrifically last season.
The pack’s overall lack of pace was telling, as was Ben Youngs’ inability to play at a sustained fast tempo at No.9, nor raise the team’s tempo when needed.
Eddie should have rested the entire English Lions contingent last autumn while continuing to blood his exciting talent, but he failed to do so and paid the price for it with the most dire season England have had for nearly a decade. Not just defeats but dreadful performances, esp...