Rugby World Cup 2015: talking points from the weekend’s action

Stuart Lancaster’s England days are numbered, Victor Matfield’s place in his own team is under threat, and should Japan have gone for a bonus point?Stuart Lancaster always knew what the score would be if England bowed out of their own World Cup in the pool stages. His worst-case scenario has duly unfolded, just as it did for Martin Johnson in slightly different circumstances four years ago. There are still those who insist Johnson should have been reappointed, on the basis Sir Clive Woodward and Sir Graham Henry both needed two stabs at it before World Cup glory materialised. Some are now sayi…