England Rugby Fans
A revitalised Charlie Hodgson has today returned to the England starting line up after an absence of nearly four years.
The former Sale man, now at Saracens, has had a rollercoaster international career, but thus far he will be remembered mainly for the mistakes and poor performances that have kept him in the shadow of Wilkinson, Goode and Flood over the past few years.
Stuart Lancaster has announced his first squad as England head coach and it has a distinct youthful feel to it.
With Lewis Moody and Jonny Wilkinson both retiring from international duty gives chances to one or two players as do injuries to several key players but with no place in the squad for Mike Tindall, Nick Easter and Mark Cueto the suggestion is that Lancaster will be starting afresh and looking to the future during his tenure as coach, however short it may end up being.
Conor O’Shea, the Director of Rugby at Aviva Premiership side Harlequin FC believes that interim England manager Stuart Lancaster will make a huge mistake if he drops Rugby World Cup winning No. 8 Nick Easter from the side that will travel to Scotland to face the mighty neighbors in their bid to retain the Six Nations Championship.
Danny Care’s England career is not yet over. That is according to England’s interim head coach, Stuart Lancaster.
The Scrum half has been dropped by Lancaster after his arrest for drunk and disorderly behaviour was followed by a further charge of drink-driving.