SO Jack Willis is voted the best player in the French Top 14 – the league that has Antoine Dupont, Louis Bielle-Biarrey et al – for the second year running but poor old Steve Borthwick is not allowed to pick him for England.
What on earth is going on here? Yes, it’s important to have a vibrant Premiership as the game’s weekly shop window but I would argue it’s more importnat to have a national team succeed on the global stage and put an end to this ridiculously long wait for a second World Cup triumph – 23 years and counting! That is what will...