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Allen: Unlike me, these boys will be Test ready

By NEALE HARVEY

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ENGLANDU20s coach Anthony Allen says today’s budding Red Rose stars are far better prepared for the pressure of top Test rugby than he was 12 years ago.
Allen, 31, who is in the foothills of his coaching career and revealed he is to be mentored this year by former England cricket coach Peter Moores, was thrown into the deep end against New Zealand and Argentina in 2006, aged 20, and never played another Test.
Injuries also hampered his international chances, but Allen believes the coaching systems now in place ma...

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