Steve Borthwick’s England squads get stranger by the minute, whether you are looking at player selection, or that of his coaching team.
If the Benhard Janse van Rensburg furore proves anything it is that the head coach is out of touch with national team selection being one of the biggest inspirational forces in the game.

No matter where you sit in English rugby, whether you are one of the country’s aspiring centres dismayed at a South African being wilfully parachuted into the England squad by the RFU, or a deeply disappointed Red Rose fan wanting reasons to believe that England can scale ...