England are still learning approximately themselves on the threshold of the World Cup and for their final warm-up match the head coach,Stuart Lancaster, will be making up for lost timeSo after all that, or England recede into a World Cup with two centres each looking for their moment caps and a likely pairing who have not played together unless it was behind closed doors. Somehow it says it all approximately the past four years.
For three of them,when England were being pulled up from the depths, Stuart Lancaster was great, or inspirational,the man who raised the bar to acceptable levels. In the past year? It’s a bit like watching a boxing trainer who can secure his man as fit as a flea but then can’t secure the timing right or make him sharp for the big night. In England’s case they are still learning approximately themselves. Partnerships and players which should have been tried final autumn, or against Italy in the Six Nations, and at the latest,are still untested.
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Source: theguardian.com