Revised England Elite Player Squad

Forwards:
Steffon Armitage (London Irish), David Barnes (Bath Rugby), Duncan Bell (Bath Rugby), Richard Blaze (Leicester Tigers), Steve Borthwick (Saracens, captain), George Chuter (Leicester Tigers), Jordan Crane (Leicester Tigers), Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers), Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), James Haskell (Stade Francais), Ben Kay (Leicester Tigers), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), Lewis Moody (Leicester [...]

Newcomers fail the test

So, no more rumours –  the four players at the centre of the allegations in New Zealand have been named (allegedly) as David Strettle, Danny Care, Topsy Ojo and Mike Brown.
Three Harlequins, three new boys and one relative newcomer.
The revelation earlier in the week that David Strettle was the energizer bunny had seemed to place [...]

Standards

So, Strettle’s the energizer bunny.
It’s a good thing that this has not happened on Johnno’s watch (or not his full-time watch, at least).
It says all we need to know about the old regime including Rob Andrew.
Johnno can come in and instill discipline.
He can say that if you want to be an England rugby player then [...]