There is more than enough in Eddie Jones’s trousseau for the three-Test series next month to raise eyebrows in both hemispheres. Three names particularly stand out in a 34-man squad shaped partly by injury and Jones’s desire to rest certain individuals. Without them England’s brave new world would have started to look worryingly callow, particularly with Exeter’s Don Armand conspicuously absent. First and foremost, though, England need to start winning again following three successive Six Nations defeats, starting in Johannesburg on 9 June. If not, some of the fresh relationships Jones hopes to establish next month will not last long.

Source: The Guardian May 10, 2018 12:15 UTC