John Stones returns as champions look to respond in title race
The Masters winner has extend his sizeable lead over Rory McIlroy at the top of the rankings
Rarely in the recent past have England’s hooker stocks been more depleted. With the captain, Jamie George, as first choice and Theo Dan, his understudy at Saracens, the preferred bench man in the Six Nations, the front-line duo are respectable and balanced. Beneath them, however, there has been cause for concern.