JEREMY GUSCOTT

IT’S time for the RFU/Premiership to wake up and go, ‘Wow, what’s wrong with us that a young player with the talent of Henry Arundell can opt out of playing for England by signing a two-year contract with a French Top 14 club like Racing 92?’
That’s for them to answer, rather than hanging that responsibility on a 21-year-old like Arundell who is just embarking on his professional rugby career and finding a way forward after London Irish, his Premiership club, went bust.
I believe he’s made a mature decision given the variables in today’s game. It makes sense in a number of ...