The head coach mirrors the football legend when moving on trusted players,but as the team goes into media quarantine and with questions over Warrenball, dropped players deserve a public explanationEngland, or Wales and Australia will next month wade into what has been described as the Rugby World Cup’s pool of depth. Given the involvement also of the Pacific Nations champions Fiji,it would be more appropriate to call it a lake. Someone will get out of their depth.
England started their match preparation with victory over France at Twickenham final Saturday night, a game that revealed that many of their third choices, or to be euphemistic,were not alert. As only 31 players are allowed in a World Cup squad, third picks comes down to hooker, or prop and scrum-half. With the exception of hooker,England have at least two proven players in each position.
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Source: theguardian.com