England pay the price in warm-up wounds for strength at the World Cup | Eddie Butler

Stuart Lancaster’s selection has been adventurous and despite defeat to France he will reap the rewards when the serious business of the World Cup beginsIt may say something about an increasing interest in all things to do with the Rugby World Cup that reductions of squads by seven have had us all aquiver. Or it may be that August is the silly season. Whichever, the England snip has been made and after all the debates about Sam Burgess representing this mindset in selection, Henry Slade that and Danny Cipriani the other, all Stuart Lancaster has to worry about now is what Luther Burrell’s moth…