CHRIS HEWETT

England's campaign at the home World Cup in 2015 was a big enough joke in itself, but that didn’t stop the smart-arses rolling out their laughter-in-the-darkness lines.
“What’s the biggest difference between our Rugby Union and Rugby League teams?” asked one self-styled comic after the numbing defeat by Australia. “Answer: there’s more chance of finding an openside flanker in the League side.”
This was a little unfair on Chris Robshaw, the poor sod in the No.7 shirt. Like Tom Wood of Northampton and James Haskell of Wasps, the other full-time flankers in Stuart Lancaster’s...