Can players avoid World Cup burnout?

Thursday, 18 September, will mark exactly one year until England open their Rugby World Cup campaign on home soil against Fiji at Twickenham.


For the players, it will be the start of the final, and most important, chapter, of a gruelling period - beginning on Friday as Aviva Premiership champions

Northampton entertain Gloucester

- which could extend to 14 months if England reach the final on 31 October 2015.


The matches come thick and fast.

Six straight rounds of domestic action are followed by back-to-back weekends of European Cup rugby, ahead of the N…

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