Will Kelleher

In week when they play South Africa, players and coaches have not spoken to former defence coach who won World Cup with Saturday’s opponents and is still on RFU payroll

England head coach could bring in Harry Randall or Jack van Poortvliet to face world champions after defeats by New Zealand and Australia in Autumn Nations Series

Australian Brett Robinson elected as first southern hemisphere chairman of the game’s governing body – but Argentina’s Agustín Pichot hits out at the result

The franchise competition is hoping to offer contracts far in excess of present club deals but for a much shorter season — and has been welcomed by leading players

RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney and executive director of performance Conor O’Shea will also not receive windfall as governing body plans to review head coach’s position in new year

Andy Farrell’s squad will now go up against a First Nations and Pacific Island heritage side in Melbourne on July 22 after Rebels went bust with debts of more than £12million

Lock would be one of the first names that owners of the multimillion-pound competition would want to attract but he insists running out for his country is more important to him and his team-mates

Sale Sharks flanker is working with England coaches to improve his tackling technique as he returns from latest concussion sustained against Australia

Figure similar to Premier League football clubs and dwarfs £30.9m loss in 2018, after which former chief executive Steve Brown resigned amid criticism of his ‘financial mismanagement’

George Furbank returns at full back while Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 20, is set to make his debut off the bench as Steve Borthwick comes up against Eddie Jones at Twickenham