Ian Malin, on the Guardian Sport Blog, believes that Danny Cipriani is too good to be ignored by England.
"What has Danny Cipriani done to upset people? Does he steal his team-mates' wallets when they're out training? Or perhaps he has an overdeveloped sense of humour and can't stop himself pouring Superglue into their boots. "Whatever," as young Dan might have said to himself when it was confirmed today that he will be travelling to Denver later this month with the England Saxons squad, instead of being chosen by Martin Johnson for a squad to play a couple of Tests against Argentina.
"Instead of facing the Pumas, the man who is head and shoulders above any English fly-half (if you discount Jonny Wilkinson) will be playing in Colorado, alongside the Saracens luminaries Brad Barritt (who is South African) and Alex Goode (who doesn't often play in the first team) and in front of an exclusive bunch of late-night armchair obsessives on Sky.
"Cipriani is actually better than any other fly-half in Europe, and that includes the No10s the Lions are taking to South Africa, Stephen Jones and Ronan O'Gara. This is not good enough for Johnson, who has picked Sam Vesty and Andy Goode. Vesty has been in tremendous form for Leicester since the turn of the year and Goode is a better footballer than many give him credit for. But they are not in Cipriani's league."
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