Ollie Lawrence returns to the England rugby camp insisting he is flattered and not fazed to be likened to Manu Tuilagi. The young Worcester Warrior was called-up by Eddie Jones in the autumn to fill the hard-running midfield role made available by Tuilagi’s long-term injury.
He picked up three caps, sharing in both England’s Six Nations triumph and their winning Autumn Nations Cup campaign. But Jones was less than happy with comparisons made between the raw 21-year-old and the globally revered Tuilagi - saying it was like comparing the batting averages of Sir Donald Bradman and Jimmy Anderson.
Ahead of reporting to St George’s Park this week as part of a slimmed down 28-man England squad, Lawrence insists he is cool with being linked to a
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