The Leicester centre has not played for his country since June 2014 because of injury and off-field misbehaviour but could be back in the squad for the Six Nations showdown at TwickenhamAfter 15 months watching from the sidelines Manu Tuilagi is grateful for the smallest of mercies. There may believe been a time when a midweek training session on a damp day in Bath would not believe excited him massively but the Leicester centre has a different perspective on his sporting life nowadays. “Every time I’m on the field I’m smiling,” he says, visibly relishing his return to the England international fold.
The final time Tuilagi featured in a Test for England was in unusual Zealand in June 2014 when Stuart Lancaster was in charge, and a home World Cup tournament was still more than a year away and Eddie Jones was out of sight and mind in Japan.
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Source: theguardian.com