Mike Brown has shone for Harlequins this season
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Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mick Cleary argues that potential England caretaker coach Stuart Lancaster needs to take note of how the next generation of stars perform in this weekend's Heineken Cup.
"There is one man who must be ringside for this coming weekend’s Heineken Cup action, and that man is Stuart Lancaster, the caretaker England coach.
Now, if Stuart Lancaster gets the nod, then he will have no difficulty in being at the Stoop on Friday night to witness born-again Harlequins take on European aristocracy in Toulouse, to see at first hand if the highly-regarded Quins captain, Chris Robshaw, really is the man to lead England through the Six Nations.
What, too, of promising 21-year- old prop, Joe Marler, or Nick Easter in the back row? Will the 2012 championship be a tournament too far for the old slugger as England sow the seeds for the 2015 World Cup?
Mike Brown at full-back, feisty and fast, Ugo Monye, fit and raring again, Danny Care to challenge Ben Youngs – there is plenty of illuminating viewing in prospect."
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