England have yet to replace Neil Back at openside, and it is a big problem | Nick Evans

Hamish Watson was outstanding in Scotland’s win at Murrayfield and the visitors must hope that Sam Underhill can become that kind of playerAs a contrast to England’s repeated failure to find a successor at openside flanker to Neil Back one has only to look at how New Zealand coped with Richie McCaw’s retirement. McCaw called it a day after the 2015 World Cup with 148 caps but there, ready to take up the mantle, was Sam Cane with more than 30 himself.The thing with opensides such as that is there has to be a leader of the pack to encourage others to follow. For New Zealand it was McCaw, for Aus…