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Nick Cain: Afo Fasogbon deserves to be in Steve Borthwick’s England squad

Afo Fasogbon’s omission from the England training squad for this summer’s Nations Cup is a glaring oversight in an era in which heavyweight strength and physique at tight-head is one of the most valuable commodities in the game.
Gloucester prop Afo Fasogbon on the attack

 

Afo Fasogbon’s omission from the England training squad for this summer’s Nations Cup is a glaring oversight in an era in which heavyweight strength and physique at tight-head is one of the most valuable commodities in the game.
If you need convincing, take a look at the tank-like tonnage which Bordeaux’s two overseas tight-heads, South African Carlu Sadie (21st 6lb/ 136kg) and Tonga’s Ben Tameifuna (23st 11lbs/151kg), deployed so devastatingly in overpowering Leinster in Bilbao last weekend to become double European Cup champions.
Alternatively, browse through the footage of the monster Mo...

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