Tommy Freeman has revealed that England team-mate Henry Pollock predicted his first Test try would come on the wing
England’s rule of only selecting Gallagher Premiership-based players denies them from picking the likes of Joe Marchant, Henry Arundell and Willis.
Having been part of the England set-up for a decade, former strength and conditioning coordinator Tom Tombleson worked with a huge number of players and saw his share of freak athletes.
For all the doom and gloom, small fixes would take Steve Borthwick's team from the funeral parlour to the parade ring.
England's top-flight is turning out soft players incapable of withstanding the pressures of international rugby.
The RFU's policy on not selecting overseas-based stars deprives them of their most in-form player.
Four England internationals have made French publication Midi Olympique's Top 14 team of the week after round two of the competition.
Former England captain Owen Farrell is set to make his Top 14 debut for Racing 92 on Saturday when they visit Castres at the Stade Pierre Fabre.
With less than a year now until the first Test between Australia and the British & Irish Lions in Brisbane, head coach Andy Farrell will have a rough idea of who will be part of his squad.