Too little in reserve for Manu

Problem area: Another injury to Manu Tuilagi highlights England’s lack of strength in depth at inside-centre PICTURE: Getty Images THE groan of disappointment from England fans the length and breadth of the land at Manu Tuilagi’s likely unavailability for the start of the 2024 Six Nations due to a groin injury has to become the catalyst for change in the Red Rose midfield. It was a protracted groin injury, including surgery, which was responsible for sidelining the Samoanborn powerhouse insidecentre during large swathes of his career at Leicester – and the la...

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