England kick Saracens questions into touch in bid to avoid distractions
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Scrutiny of Saracens’ finances avoided in favour of Jamie George’s views on how England can put pressure on WalesWith two games of the Six Nations left and Wales two points ahead, England’s players and coaches were happy enough to talk about the off-field challenges facing Warren Gatland’s team but a little less keen to discuss their own.“Distractions, external factors are very challenging,” their defence coach, John Mitchell, said when talking about how Gatland would have to deal with the upheaval caused by the on-off merger between the Ospreys and Scarlets. “I wouldn’t like to be in his shoe…





