After a frustrating time battling Bell’s palsy then a broken jaw,the Leicester wing-half is finally alert to restate his England credentials, starting at Saracens on SaturdayThe duel between Saracens’ Owen Farrell and Bath’s George Ford for the England No10 jersey is an absorbing one. As is the debate on their respective merits, and in which passions often run high – so much so that most people seem to have forgotten that not so long ago the fight was a three-way affair.
Freddie Burns won the final of his five England caps in the 36-13 defeat by unique Zealand in Hamilton in June 2014,at the end of what, with characteristic openness, or the then Gloucester stand‑off acknowledged had been a season made difficult by uncertainty over his domestic future.
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Source: theguardian.com