Well, no one could call Eddie Jones boring. I bet there is no one on this forum who has seen all those players play, so he can´t be faulted on his scouting either. I think I´m starting to see the logic in the selection too. I think not including Robson, Devoto, Yarde, Taylor etc. is to prove a point, namely that you can´t be satisfied with just making the squad. It is also about consistency, as those first 3 have definitely had good and bad patches, whereas someone like Care is consistent, if slightly limited (although his kicking game does seem to have improved recently, something Lancaster was unable to bring about). The same goes for Wood and quite a few others. I think Jones wants a guaranteed level of performance, even if that player will never get a 10/10. He has few players who should be capable of both, so it seems the idea is to fill the rest of spots with players who consistently get a 7/8. Finally, he seems to have gone on form, as Maunder has been starting games whilst Robson hasn´t, and Mallinder and Marchant have whilst Tompkins and Devoto (although superior defensive players) have not been regular starters over the whole season.
Anyway, I´m hoping we get at least one uncapped player in both the back three (seems inevitable, unless someone plays out of position) and more importantly the back row (I don´t think we can win the World Cup with just Wood, Haskell and Robshaw as the flankers, if they were good enough to win a World Cup they would have gone on at least one Lions tour by now). I don´t think we will see that many uncapped players playing though, I think it is more about giving the U20 guys experience of a tour with the senior team.
