Charlie Ewels aims to put his much-battered body through more physical torture over the coming months in order to avoid a third World Cup letdown.

The Bath second row is anxious to put last season’s personal injury hell and club semi-finals misery behind him in order to persuade England boss Steve Borthwick he deserves to go to Australia.
Serious leg and knee problems badly disrupted Ewels’ 2025-26 campaign.
He has seen George Martin, Olly Chessum and Alex Coles thrive with England while he had to accept just a couple of cameo bench roles against Argentina in the autumn and South Africa thi...