England lurch back to the future as Eddie Jones gambles on Owen Farrell | Robert Kitson

Dropping George Ford for the Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Australia is a huge call by the England coachThe Japanese equivalent of deja vu is called kishikan and there is plenty of it in the air following the announcement of the England team to face Australia in Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final. Suddenly it is 2015 all over again, with George Ford ousted from the No 10 shirt on the eve of a defining game. English rugby, for better or worse, has lurched back to the future.It is a huge call in anyone’s language on the eve of the squad’s biggest game for four years. Ford has been his si…