England centurion Courtney Lawes broke ranks this week arguing that national selection should no longer be restricted to players based at Prem clubs.

The 37-year-old, above, is back in contention to add to his 105 England caps having signed for Sale Sharks after two seasons at Brive in the French ProD2.
Some top names including Toulouse flanker Jack Willis remain across the Channel and out of bounds to England head coach Steve Borthwick.
“I can see why they do it because they don’t want all their players playing abroad, but I don’t think that’s necessarily going to be the case anyway,” said L...