With Herring and Tom Stewart out injured, young hooker James McCormick has been given a chance and he scored a try in the hammering against Toulouse.Herring has been impressed with the performances of the 22-year-old and believes there is good competition for places developing at hooker."I've been watching him closely and helping him when I can, but he's had a…

An England XV will host a France XV in an uncapped match at Allianz Stadium on Saturday, 21 June. The game will act as a warm-up for England's three-Test summer tour of Argentina and the United States, while France are scheduled to play a three-match series in New Zealand.Players involved in the English Premiership final on 14 June and those…

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Ford also had to contend with boos from a section of the Twickenham crowd when it appeared he was going to again replace Smith against Australia, with head coach Steve Borthwick instead moving Smith to full-back."When you are representing your country and you've done it for a long time, you would expect the crowd to be fully behind you," Ford…