Burns earns praise of team-mates

19 September 2014Burns, Ford and in-form Sale Sharks star Danny Cipriani are all jostling for position behind England fly-half incumbent Owen Farrell, with the autumn Test opener against world champions New Zealand at Twickenham just seven weeks away.

Ford and Burns have already amassed 64 Premiership points between them this term, with both players set to be key components when Bath and Leicester protect 100 per cent league records at the Recreation Ground.

And Burns' Tigers half-back partner - England colleague Ben Youngs - has no doubt the former Gloucester playmaker, who…