Some of the country’s most iconic institutions are represented as we rank the England starting XV by who went to the most expensive school…
Five players; Luke Cowan-Dickie, Tom Curry, Courtney Lawes, Kyle Sinckler and Jonny Hill all went to state schools.
However, there is still though a strong public school spine to England’s team, as there always has been.
Make of that what you will but the statistics make for interesting reading.