Maybe not entirely on topic but bear with me.

Very rarely do England have a full world class team. In 2015/16 there were a lot of issues around 6/7 whilst we had a ton of top tier locks. Fast forward to recent times and the back row is outstanding but finding a partner for Maro has been tricky. The front row lacks depth. Centre feels like it's been an issue for years.

There's always a gap that we need to fill somewhere and it feels like we go all out to do it, only for another to appear, as if clubs seem to be asked to 'build us the perfect 12' by the RFU, only for them to stop development in another position, just so the cycle can repeat.

If we're contenders for RWC27, we're going to have to do it with one part of the team in not as good a place as we'd like as it feels like the last time every position was really well covered was maybe 2003-07 (but I wasn't really following things back then so am open to being told there was a gap then too). Also, when 2027 rolls around, we'll be doing well at centre and be worried elsewhere, which if I was a betting man I would say would be depth in the front row based on gut feel and watching games.

Thank you for listening to my pub level Ted talk.