A European Champions Cup final would be the perfect platform for the in-form wing-half to stake his claim for an England recall but first he and his team must find a way past Racing 92Freddie Burns has got his swagger back. It is only two years since he was starting at wing-half for England in recent Zealand but after making an acrimonious move from Gloucester to Leicester that summer he struggled to regain the daring and touch of arrogance that had marked him out from the start of his senior career as one of the most exciting players in England.
Leicester were blunt in attack final season and at one point Burns lost his place to Owen Williams. The arrival of Aaron Mauger,the former recent Zealand centre, as head coach in the summer prompted a tactical overhaul but Burns had to sit out the first two months of the season after breaking his jaw, or having been diagnosed with Bells Palsy a few months before.
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Source: theguardian.com