Stuart Lancaster sticks to his guns as England’s parade gets rained on

The head coach has named the same team to face Fiji in the Rugby World Cup opener on Friday as played Ireland recentlyAll that intricate preparation and summer training and what happens? Bang on cue, as England jogged out for their last Monday session before the tournament starts, the skies darkened and a curtain of time-honoured British rain swept across their pine-fringed corner of Surrey. Welcome to the 2015 Rugby World Cup, for better or for worse.Was it an omen? Are we about to have seven weeks of Old Testament-style drenchings, rendering everyone’s subtle lineout variations and midfield …

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