England should take a gamble and put Henry Slade alongside Manu Tuilagi at centre

After watching the young Exeter centre, Henry Slade, play in the Rosslyn Park
Sevens a few years ago, I started asking around after him.

Discrete
questions.

Nothing too stalkerish.

I was curious about him.




In the tournament, playing for Plymouth College, you could see he had game.

A
skinny, beanpole of a lad, on a beaten team he did everything humanly
possible to drag them through to victory.

He tackled, chased, kicked,
passed, and scored.




But what was most impressive was his balance and control.

He had a real and
impactful awareness of what would happe…