Manu Tuilagi needs more time to recapture his best form while Wales’s Josh Adams is at the top of his game and will deserve a first Six Nations call-up
Because it is Manu Tuilagi, the question had to be asked, but if he were picked for England now it would be more on faith than form, notwithstanding the cheeky and acrobatic manner in which he leapt over a writhing mass of bodies to score Leicester’s third try in their victory against London Irish at Welford Road on Saturday. Tuilagi had also played a part in their second try, but that was more in the vein of a Keystone Cop. “We need to have a realistic view of Manu,” said Matt O’Connor, the Leicester head coach afterwards. “He’s missed a lot of footy over the last three years. It’s going to take him a bit of time to get back to where he was. Eddie [Jones] will see what his squad looks like injury-wise and make an assessment towards the back end of the Six Nations, I imagine.” Michael Aylwin
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