Rugby World Cup 2015: Luther Burrell put on the spot to secure England place as France bring back the big guns
If the Northampton midfielder Luther Burrell is to seal the deal on a World Cup place in Paris on Saturday night – and there is every reason to think he is a good step ahead of the Exeter youngster Henry Slade and the Gloucester captain Billy Twelvetrees in the race for the most hotly contested centre berth – he will have to do it the hard way. It is one thing impressing the right people at Test level. It is quite another doing it against the likes of Wesley Fofana and Mathieu Bastareaud.