"Didn't live up to the hype" - 5 England players whose reputation tanked during the World Cup warm-up matches - Ruck

“Didn’t live up to the hype” – 5 England players whose reputation tanked during the World Cup warm-up matches

Certain aspects of this situation are undeniably unjust to the players who have dedicated a significant portion of their careers to us and to the emerging talents who still have a considerable future in the game.

Nevertheless, the following five individuals are the ones who truly disappointed England in the past month, scoring particularly low in Rugby Pass’s recent series rating..

#1. Freddie Steward

They wrote: ‘A starter in all five Guinness Six Nations matches, he was the only player to start all four Summer Nations games but the top, top form he exhibited when first blazing a Test-level trail in 2021/22 eluded him. Didn’t repeatedly join the attacking line to the best effect while defensively he had some moments to forget, including that penalty try yellow card for toppling Josh Adams”

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