Opinion: Courtney Lawes and Ellis Genge are right about France, England cannot afford ‘protectionism of mediocrity’
Planet Rugby | 15.10.2026 21:45Two England captains with 188 caps between them have broken ranks on the overseas rule, and the row they’ve started is bigger than who Steve Borthwick can pick. It’s about which league England’s Test players should be learning their trade in, and that answer has been sitting across the Channel for the best part of a decade.
