Manu Tuilagi's idiocy might prove to be a blessing in disguise for England
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Manu Tuilagi's idiocy might prove to be a blessing in disguise for England
Is it a problem or a solution? Manu Tuilagi’s absence from the Rugby World Cup can be viewed in very different ways.
Yes, in full fitness and in full flight Tuilagi is a devastating presence, but he has not been in either for such a long time that things have moved on.
Waiting for Manu had become an increasingly frustrating business.
Maybe it had just become too frustrating for Tuilagi himself, judging by the idiotic mistake he made on a night out in Leicester in late April.
But in his absence Jonathan Joseph has taken the England number thirteen shirt where Tuilagi was most comfort…
Yes, in full fitness and in full flight Tuilagi is a devastating presence, but he has not been in either for such a long time that things have moved on.
Waiting for Manu had become an increasingly frustrating business.
Maybe it had just become too frustrating for Tuilagi himself, judging by the idiotic mistake he made on a night out in Leicester in late April.
But in his absence Jonathan Joseph has taken the England number thirteen shirt where Tuilagi was most comfort…
