Unjustifiable to banish players like Willis

NICK CAIN
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Jack Willis is an inspirational new force for England, but he looks to be on borrowed time. The enemy is the Premiership eligibility ruling, which will almost certainly prevent the 26-year-old flanker from playing for the Red Rose following his decision to sign a two-year contract extension with Toulouse.
It is yet another of the administrative contortions which are making a mess of English rugby, by depriving it of the services of Willis, who is one of those rare players capable of galvanising a team by becoming a pivotal match-turning force...

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