The impending Six Nations will be without a hoard of England-qualified battering rams and laser beams, who’d stroll into other countries’ formations, forced to bide their time, or - worse - never have it at all. And so, as the latest cohort descend upon Pennyhill, here’s - for your delectation - a 1-15 of uncapped English powerhouses.
Statistics only tell a sliver of the story: they’re just one lens through which to view sport, and, come the business end of this captivating PWR season - you want to ride on emotion, swatting data aside in favour of story and spectacle.