THE England backline (with the exception of the mis-positioned Elliot Daly) were all in Stuart Lancaster’s doomed 2015 World Cup squad.
They will probably still be in the team in 2023. Jones hasn’t found anyone he thinks is better in six years. His coaching has turned instinctive flair players like George Ford and Henry Slade into ‘units’ who follow plan A. Owen Farrell, a hugely committed unit with little flair and no apparent concept of plan B, is Jones’ model player.
There are English players ripping up the Premiership who cannot get a chance in this closed ...