• Full-back called up by Eddie Jones for heat training in Italy
• ‘I was over the moon to get the chance to come back in’
When Mike Brown was omitted from Eddie Jones’s preliminary England Rugby World Cup squad on 4 July, no one could have suggested it was down to a lack of conviction. Being bullish is Brown’s default setting; a competitive, combative personality, the full-back is certainly a divisive character.
“You want to be named in all the squads Eddie announces,” says the 33-year-old, who was added to the training squad two weeks ago. “We are all competitive animals, so we would be lying if we didn’t say we were disappointed if we weren’t named. You have that doubt at the back of your mind, but Eddie said: ‘Just be ready,’ so I went straight back to Quins and was welcomed with a fitness test. That was savage, but then I made sure I was ready. I was over the moon to get the chance to come back in.”
Written by Charles Richardson
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jul/31/mike-brown-england-world-cup under the title “Mike Brown is ready to sweat for a place in England’s World Cup squad”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
