With less than fifty days to go until the Rugby World Cup kicks off, competition for the thirty-one available squad places is really heating up. The players have now completed their training in Denver, Colorado and will be returning to Pennyhill Park to continue getting ready for the warm-up against France and the matches that follow. We now have just thirty-nine players remaining after the latest cut by Stuart Lancaster, and he has made some interesting choices. Those being released to their clubs are: Chris Ashton, Lee Dickson, Kyle Eastmond, Matt Kvesic, Matt Mullan, Semesa Rokoduguni and Marland Yarde.
I should start off by saying that, in regards to Dickson, Kvesic, Mullan and Yarde, I am fully on board with Lancaster's decision to release them. There are just too many better players at the moment who are rightfully higher up in the pecking order. Some of the other players, however, may have reasons to feel aggrieved at the decision of the England management. This is not the first time the decisions of those in charge have come under fire, although there was significantly less disagreement this time compared to previous choices.
