England’s run of serious training injuries is about more than bad luck | Robert Kitson

After the injuries to Sam Jones and Anthony Watson, it seems players are beginning to buckle under the demands placed on them by club and countryAs Eddie Jones is discovering, there is no such thing as a mellow autumn for an England coach. His predecessors Martin Johnson and Stuart Lancaster often had to scrape bits of their squads off the floor before the November internationals and history is starting to repeat itself.Already Manu Tuilagi, James Haskell, Sam Jones and now Anthony Watson are out of contention, with Owen Farrell, Dylan Hartley and Ben Te’o yet to prove their fitness and the fi…

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