What happened to Stuart Lancaster’s last 5 England debutants?

Meanwhile, one player has left the sport and the other hasn't won another cap since.

Have a look at the last 5 Lancaster debutants with England.

Verdict: FAIL

On 10 August, Burgess was named in the England Elite Squad to make his International début against France at Twickenham on 15 August, in a warm-up match for the Rugby World Cup. He started the game which England won 19-14.

Following his appearance where he was sin-binned, World Cup winning English scrum-half Matt Dawson commented: "You can't take him to the World Cup for me. He played 80 mins and credit for that. But the way the game went in the second half there was nothing for him to do. The great thing about Burgess is he doesn't make mistakes with ball in hand. But unfortunately, if you're going to be really picky, positionally he wasn't great. He played like a six rather than a 12. There are things that are instinctively he doesn’t know what to do."

Dawson's comments came before Lancaster named Burgess as one of four centres to represent England in the World Cup. His inclusion and performances at the World Cup were widely scrutinized, and seen by some pundits as partly to blame for England's "humiliating" early pool stage exit from the tournament—the worst result for a sole host nation in the tournament's history.

On 5 November, Burgess made the decision to leave rugby union, opting to return to South Sydney Rabbitohs, signing a three-year contract, approximately worth $1.5m AUD per season. After retiring, he joined the clubs coaching staff.

Verdict: FAIL

The now 31-year-old flanker made his England debut when he started against France on 15 August 2015 in the build-up to the Rugby World Cup. This would be his only cap to date, however, the flanker has enjoyed considerable success with club side Saracens.

Verdict: SUCCESS

Slade made his senior debut against France at Twickenham, before earning a spot in England’s Rugby World Cup 2015 squad, where he featured in their final game against Uruguay - scoring a try.

Further caps followed for the 6ft 2in versatile back: Fiji and Argentina in November 2016, and a Six Nations outing against Italy in February 2017. Henry impressed on tour to Argentina in the summer of 2017, starting both matches, and faced the same opposition in the autumn internationals, claiming his second try against Samoa.

In 2018 he was called up again to the summer tour where he started all three matches against South Africa, and again in early 2019, for all of England’s Six Nations fixtures. Slade recovered from injury to make the 2019 Rugby World Cup squad and came off the bench in the final.

Verdict: SUCCESS

He was a member of England’s 39-strong training squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and made his Test debut against France at Twickenham Stadium soon afterwards.

A former prop at England age grade levels, he won his second Test cap against Wales in March 2016 came on the same weekend when his elder brother Tom wore the No.2 shirt for England Counties.

Cowan-Dickie played the final 12 minutes of the 2016 Grand Slam-clinching win over France in Paris and was part of the England squad that reached the 2019 Rugby World Cup final. Truro-born Luke studied Sports Performance & Excellence at Truro College, having previously attended Mount’s Bay School.

He developed his game while on loan from the Chiefs at Plymouth Albion. He began playing when six with Penzance & Newlyn, remained there for eight years and already has captaincy experience with teams at school, at the Pirates and at Truro College, as well as Cornwall U16.

Verdict: SUCCESS

George made his Test debut off the bench for Tom Youngs against France in August 2015.

His first Rugby World Cup appearance was against Uruguay two months later and he started all three Tests for the British & Irish Lions against the All Blacks in New Zealand in 2017.

In 2019 he was part of team that progressed through the Rugby World Cup starting in final against South Africa. Born in Welwyn Garden City, Jamie first laced up his boots at five years old and has graduated through the England U16, U18, U20 and Saxons teams.

His first bit of club silverware was the 2011 Premiership title, with further titles in 2015, 2018 and 2019, while he was also part of the Sarries squad that won the European Champions Cup in 2016, 2017 and 2019.