Ben Earl

1 month ago | rugbypass.com | Josh Raisey |Ben Earl

On the evidence of the past Guinness Six Nations, England seem to be inching ever closer to selecting Ben Earl to start in a Test match, but that is a move former South Africa centre Jean de Villiers is not convinced by. The Saracens back-row has stepped into the midfield for England at times over the past year, finishing the match there against Italy in round four of the Six Nations, scoring a try to boot.

1 month ago | rugbypass.com | Josh Raisey |Ben Curry |Ben Earl

It may be scrawled somewhere on a long-forgotten scrap of paper, but being able to see Andy Farrell’s preliminary British and Irish Lions squad heading into the Guinness Six Nations would make fascinating reading given what has elapsed over the past two months. There is no doubt that his ‘before’ and ‘after’ squads look vastly different from each other. Indeed, even his penciled-in squad heading into round four will have now been redacted heavily.