David Hands assesses the pros and cons of England taking Steve Bortwick to Australia this summer in The Times.
"Saracens, by their sustained success in the Guinness Premiership, have made certain that they will see their captain again before the season is over.
"Then it is up to England to decide whether Steve Borthwick, whose run of 20 successive games as England captain ended last month because of injury, should take up the leader’s baton again in Australia in June.
"Borthwick withdrew from the final game of the RBS Six Nations Championship, on March 20 against France, with a form of tendinitis in his left knee and has not played since. He has not required surgery but has undergone a demanding period of rehabilitation in an attempt to cure the problem that has affected him, off and on, over the past year."
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