Hiring and firing is the Eddie Jones way but at what cost to English rugby?

Blooding youngsters in training squads is positive in theory but the collateral damage for those discarded can be profoundIf Lord Sugar ever steps down from The Apprentice there is an obvious replacement available. Eddie Jones loves throwing callow wannabes in at the deep end and his England training squads have regularly been peppered with them. His latest Six Nations selection is no exception, a ‘shadow’ group containing uncapped – and mostly unheralded – hopefuls such as Charlie Atkinson, Ali Crossdale, Joe Heyes and George Martin.In theory it is a decent idea. Jones’s apprentices can disco…