England 73-12 Barbarians: five players who made their World Cup case

Henry Slade, Danny Cipriani, Luke Cowan-Dickie and Ed Slater pushed their claims for inclusion in England’s final 31 while Christian Wade must wonder how he did not even make Stuart Lancaster’s 50-man training squadUnder grey skies at Twickenham on Sunday afternoon an England XV took on the Barbarians and it was pretty obvious, from the moment Marland Yarde scorched down the left flank for the first of 10 tries for Stuart Lancaster’s team, which side had World Cup places in mind. Lancaster is taking 50 players to Colorado this summer for high-altitude training and Yarde was one of those hoping…