Ryan Lamb’s French defection shows the benefits of broader horizons | Gerard Meagher

The mercurial fly-half is flourishing in perfect conditions at La Rochelle yet England’s refusal to select players moving abroad shows no sign of easingLeone Nakarawa has already made a formidable case to break the sequence judging by his performance against Leicester but it is a feather in the cap that the last five European players of the year are English. It will please the Rugby Football Union that among them are Owen Farrell and Maro Itoje – acclaimed for Saracens’ success in the last two seasons – but go back a little further and there is cause for embarrassment at Twickenham.The three p…