Danny Cipriani plans to force way into England's final 31
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Danny Cipriani plans to force way into England's final 31
Danny Cipriani can still remember the pang of disappointment he felt when Brian Ashton took him aside to break the news that he had not made the England squad for the 2007 World Cup.
Back then he was a precocious 19‑year-old who had just won the Heineken Cup playing at full-back in his first full season with Wasps and the only way, it seemed, was up.
He had taken a full part in England’s World Cup training camp, travelling to Portugal and Bath, and appeared to be a serious contender to be a bolter for the tournament in France, right up to the point when Ashton broke the bad news.
“I …
Back then he was a precocious 19‑year-old who had just won the Heineken Cup playing at full-back in his first full season with Wasps and the only way, it seemed, was up.
He had taken a full part in England’s World Cup training camp, travelling to Portugal and Bath, and appeared to be a serious contender to be a bolter for the tournament in France, right up to the point when Ashton broke the bad news.
“I …
