England’s Stuart Lancaster seeks versatile players for World Cup squad

Head coach to use Twickenham warmup against France to decide final places in 31-man groupFirst the heat, than the warmups. After seven weeks in camp, including a fortnight high up in high temperatures in Colorado, the England squad have home and away matches against France before the 31 who will do battle in the World Cup are announced.Stuart Lancaster intends to use the first encounter with France at Twickenham next Saturday as a means of helping the management decide the final places in the squad with more regular starters featuring in the return in Paris the following week. Continue reading…