Daily Express - 07.08.2019

58 Daily Express Wednesday, August 07, 2019 RUGBY UNION: COUNTDOWN TO JAPAN

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Eddie ready

to call time

on big Ben

Axed Te’o and

Brown facing

World Cup KO

preparation phase where the

development of the team tactically is

paramount.

“By the time we fly out on

September 8th we will be ready to win

the World Cup. We are not there yet

but we have four games to get ready.”

The jettisoning of Te’o and Brown

follows a theme with a gaggle of

thirtysomethings in Dylan

Hartley, Chris Robshaw and

Danny Care axed.

Stripping away so many

caps so close to a

tournament is unusual, but

Jones clearly thinks he has

superior options – some of

them with no Test experience.

While the armchair selectors

have been calling for the inclusion of

Danny Cipriani to no avail, Jones has

picked another Gloucester player –

Willi Heinz – instead.

Heinz, who at 32 will at least

rebalance the age scales in the squad,

has leapfrogged Spencer in the scrum-

half pecking order and is set to make

his debut at Twickenham on Sunday.

The converted Kiwi is one of five

uncapped players involved for the first

of two matches in the space of six days

against Wales – along with Marchant,

Northampton flanker Lewis Ludlam,

Saracens hooker Jack Singleton and

Bath wing Ruaridh McConnochie, who

converted from sevens last season.

BEN TE’O is set to become England’s

most significant World Cup fall guy

following his exclusion from the squad

to face Wales on Sunday.

Te’o, who was a Test Lion against the

All Blacks two years ago, was omitted

from the 33-man party which met up

yesterday at Pennyhill Park to prepare

for the first of four World Cup

warm-up fixtures.

The powerful centre has been a

constant in Eddie Jones’ squads when

fit since he made his debut in 2016.

He was used alongside Manu Tuilagi

against Italy in a blockbusting midfield

in this season’s Six Nations but the

Leicester centre’s return has persuaded

the Australian to cast his eye elsewhere

in the search for midfield balance.

Uncapped Harlequin Joe

Marchant and centre Piers

Francis of Northampton

were named ahead of the

32-year-old, who is

currently unattached after

leaving Worcester.

Mike Brown, right, was

the other high-profile player

axed following the fitness camp

in Treviso alongside Harlequins club

mate Alex Dombrandt and Saracens

scrum-half Ben Spencer.

If there was one squad – apart from

the actual World Cup 31 – a player

would be desperate not to miss out on

it was yesterday’s given its proximity

to the final cut.

Jones will name his squad for the

World Cup in Japan on Monday.

“Players excluded are naturally

disappointed but may get another

opportunity so must be

ready,” said Jones.

“We’ve worked

hard and now move

into a four-game

his second gold of London

2012 and his sixth

Olympic gold medal. There

were also golds for

Alistair Brownlee (men’s

triathlon), Laura

Bechtolsheimer, Charlotte

Dujardin and Carl Hester

(team dressage) and

Laura Trott (women’s

omnium), while Victoria

Pendleton was a silver

medallist in the women’s

sprint.

2004: Irish distance

runner Cathal Lombard

tested positive for banned

drug EPO.

2011: Manchester United

beat Manchester City 3-2

after trailing 2-0 at

half-time to win the

Community Shield at

Wembley.

2012: On a bumper day for

Great Britain’s Olympians,

Chris Hoy won the gold

medal in the men’s keirin,

THOSE WERE

THE DAYS

1711: Queen Anne attended

Ascot races, thereby

lending the prefix ‘Royal’

to the meeting.

1926: The first British

Grand Prix was staged at

Brooklands. Known as the

RAC Grand Prix, the race

was won by Senechal and

Wagner, driving their

Delage at an average

speed of 71.61 miles per

hour.

1999: Newcastle striker

Alan Shearer was sent off

for the first time in his

career as Aston Villa won

1-0 at St James’ Park.

Shearer was dismissed for

a 71st-minute challenge

on Ian Taylor.

FAST SHOW: George

Eyston leads the

inaugural British GP

ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY

By Neil Squires



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