Newcastle Falcons utility back Toby Flood has replaced his injured club colleague Jamie Noon in England's World Cup squad. Flood had an impressive start to the Guinness Premiership season on Sunday and the fresh face and blood to the squad will hopefully liven things up a bit.
I bet Brian Ashton is wondering if he could call in some more young players and replace the old guard who simply don't have what is required to add any dynamism to this squad.
England's defence coach Mike Ford has dug himself into a very large hole, and probably put himself out of a job at the end of the world cup. That's not to do with the amount of points England are conceding, but the public criticism he levelled at his supposed friend Andy Farrell, and Mike Catt, following defeat to South Africa last Friday. Ford has reportedly said that Farrell is probably too old to get very far with rugby union, whilst saying that Mike Catt was always going to find it difficult to play fly-half on Friday, and would probably not be able to step up straight away. This will not help morale in the England camp, and Ford has probably helped the RFU with some difficult decisions post world cup by digging his own grave. I thought it was always, prasie and defend in public, and criticise or discipline in private.
England's world cup defence is no more than a farce at the present time!
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