If Steffon Armitage and Nick Abendanon wanted to play for England so much, return home, says Martin Johnson
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If Steffon Armitage and Nick Abendanon wanted to play for England so much, return home, says Martin Johnson
World Cup-winning captain Martin Johnson thinks if Steffon Armitage or Nick Abendanon wanted to play for England in the 2015 tournament they should be playing club rugby in the Aviva Premiership.
England's 45-man training squad is to be announced on May 20 by Stuart Lancaster, who succeeded Johnson after England's ill-fated 2011 World Cup campaign.
France-based players Armitage and Abendanon are viewed as major contenders in some quarters, given their impressive European Champions Cup and Top 14 form this term.
England's stance, though, is only to pick overseas-based players in "exce…
England's 45-man training squad is to be announced on May 20 by Stuart Lancaster, who succeeded Johnson after England's ill-fated 2011 World Cup campaign.
France-based players Armitage and Abendanon are viewed as major contenders in some quarters, given their impressive European Champions Cup and Top 14 form this term.
England's stance, though, is only to pick overseas-based players in "exce…
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