Ben Youngs: ‘When we found out the dreadful news, rugby wasn’t important’

England scrum-half has no regrets about missing the Lions tour to support his family and sister-in-law, and is ready for the two-year journey to the World CupAs the national anthems play at Twickenham on Saturday Ben Youngs will gaze up into the stands and experience the purest surge of shared family love. There will be no need to see individual faces to know how the extended Youngs clan is feeling. In the eight months since he last featured in a Test match, their mutual bond has grown tighter than ever. Related: England and Ireland should fully expect to sail through autumn undefeated Contin…