Ross, I won't quote you so as to take up the entire page..but I'm not clear on the relevance of the article to the discussion, perhaps because there is none.
Yet another 'woe is me' article that fails to mention he was not selected by 3 England coaches, not just Jones.
As for labeling him a Galactico..this thread is getting more bonkers by the second.
As Shugs says, I don't care where he goes or what he does, inside or out of rugby, but please god just make it stop...Maybe just one more article and Dacia will lend him the free car he is coveting...
This is factually incorrect. Wade's breakthrough with Wasps came in 2011, pretty much whilst England were at the WC. Cockerill joked about it after Wade landed tries vs Tigers during the WC in September. That was his 4th professional appearance.
He made 3 appearances prior to the start of 2011/2 season, the first in Jan at the prem cup. Johnson finished in mid October after the 1/4s. Wade's league starts could be counted on one hand.
He was no more pased over by Johnson than he was by Jack Rowell. So Lancaster and Jones passed him over, except that Lancaster of course picked him in 2013 agr 22, only for him to get injured in 2014. So Lancaster could have perhaps picked him later in 2014/5, perhaps, by then the WC was about and Lancaster was to prove his selection credentials with err, Sam Burgess. Had he stayed on, maybe he would, but really only one coach overlooked him- Eddie.