#4. Josh Beaumont
They wrote: “Thanks to his father, Bill, he possesses the pedigree and requisite frame whether employed in the second row or at No 8. The Sale Shark has appeared in an uncapped fixture against the Barbarians and next step would seem a matter of time.”
Where he is now: Every time he gets the call from Jones he seems to suffer an injury, missing the 2016 Six Nations and the 2016 summer tour of Australia due to various knocks. He’s simply never had a good enough run of games to force his way back into contention since.
DID YOU KNOW? Beaumont is the son of former England rugby union captain Bill Beaumont