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Nick Cain: Time for Steve Borthwick to ignore the easy options

The main challenge facing Steve Borthwick this summer is to maintain England’s momentum by winning a two-Test tour of Argentina with 13 of his leading players on Lions duty.
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By Nick Cain – Read his expert opinion every week

The main challenge facing Steve Borthwick this summer is to maintain England’s momentum by winning a two-Test tour of Argentina with 13 of his leading players on Lions duty.
The question raised by the inclusion of 14 mainly young uncapped players by the Red Rose head coach in a 33-man training squad announced this week in preparation for the tour is just how many of them are already – or will become – international calibre.
As Borthwick musters his resources, the concern is that the conversion rate of England U20 players to senior internati...

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