England head coach Eddie Jones has warned several of his Grand Slam winners they risk being axed for the summer tour to Australia due to his misgivings over their attitudes.
England Students certainly had an exciting and constructive couple of weeks in their latest round of fixtures when they made the trips to France and Ireland.
The Rugby Football Union confirmed last week that the England Saxons would be going on a two-game tour of South Africa this summer, taking on a South Africa A side.
England and Bath winger Anthony Watson has been suspended for two weeks as a result of being sent off during Bath's game against Saracens earlier this month.
There is never a shortage of southern hemisphere voices condemning northern hemisphere competitions – both domestic and international – and insisting that the likes of New Zealand and Australia have nothing to fear from their northern rivals.
Stuart Lancaster still thinks of England's World Cup failure "every minute of every day" and admits he would love for his next coaching job to be in the southern hemisphere.
The prospect of a ‘European Super League’, very much mirroring the format of Super Rugby in the southern hemisphere, has been discussed at length for years now.
Joe Marler has apologised for calling Wales prop Samson Lee a "gypsy boy", and insisted he is not a racist ahead of a World Rugby misconduct hearing on Tuesday.
With England now just over four months into Eddie Jones’ tenure, it’s fair to say that the initial impact of his appointment has been a very successful one.
England’s Grand Slam was a fantastic achievement, but this is only the beginning of an exciting side which we can become, says 2003 World Cup winner Lewis Moody.
England heroes Billy Vunipola and Owen Farrell made try-scoring returns to domestic action as Saracens emphatically reclaimed top spot in the Aviva Premiership against former leaders Exeter.
Eddie Jones has sent his Grand Slam winners back to their clubs with the warning that none of them are assured of their places when England tour Australia in June.