“I got those little bits of feedback and selection is for Eddie to decide, who am I to say if he is wrong or right, whether I am playing or not?
“The only thing I can do is accept it, which is hard and certainly takes a few days but then you get back to your club and get on with and respond in the right way, do all you can for your club who are paying you.”
As always, such a fantastic attitude. I am sure in my mind that he will get back into the England squad between now and the World Cup and will be going to Japan. I was very lucky to meet and chat to Jonny Wilkinson last week and he also believes the same with regards to Brown breaking back in and going to the World Cup. He really spoke highly of Brown.
Also with regards to Mikes comments on leading the back three, especially in Cadan Murley’s and Gabriel Ibitoye’s cases; if you are to play and learn from anyone who can lead the back three, you’ll get no better than Brown in the Premiership and not much better in world rugby. Great for their development and for Harlequins in general.