Will Greenwood: England need to deliver at World Cup - they can no longer claim to be a team in development

September 05, 2014
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The Telegraph

The first weekend is one that always has the power to clarify or confuse the
way we have been thinking.

Last year we were given some real insights early
on as to how the Aviva Premiership would pan out: Joe Launchbury scored
Wasps' opener and then he was brilliant all year; the Harlequins back line
struggled and never really found their rhythm all season; Newcastle, London
Irish and Worcester were not great; Gloucester should have known something
was up when they lost in front of The Shed; Sale surprised us all with
Dwayne Peel at the heart of it; Northampton, Leicester…