EDDIE Jones bagged himself another set of headlines by anticipating a 60 per cent change in the make-up of his England squad for the 2023 World Cup in France. It was not as electrifying a piece of news as some people made out.
Fast Eddie has been comparatively slow when it comes to making personnel changes ahead of the global tournament. More than 50 per cent of his squad for last year’s jamboree in Japan had been picked by Stuart Lancaster in 2015, and even if his latest prediction comes to pass, Jones will remain some way down the list of revolutionary selectors.
Lancaster reta...