Former fly-half Danny Cipriani has accused English rugby of “digging its own grave” and appeared to compare coach Steve Borthwick to football manager Sam Allardyce after the national team’s Rugby World Cup plans descended further into disarray.
England lost 29-10 to Ireland on Saturday in their penultimate warm-up match for the tournament and saw Billy Vunipola, the only specialist No8 in the squad, sent off for a high tackle a week after captain Owen Farrell incurred the same fate against Wales.
“English rugby is digging its own grave, led by people that do not understand the art of the game,” mercurial former No10 Cipriani wrote o
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