England, Ireland and Wales prepare for telling tours | The Breakdown

Players who merit a rest almost a year after coming into their respective camps to begin preparing for the World Cup are stepping once more into the breachA long season ends for Wales, England and Ireland and a three-Test tour starts to the leading three countries in the world rankings for players who in a year’s time will be heavily involved in the Lions tour to New Zealand. Talks about a global season rumble on, but the two hemispheres appear no closer than the Remain and Leave sides in the European Union referendum debate.And so players who merit a rest almost a year after coming into their…