Quote: Patterdale "Maybe some are on standby and have gone to South Africa.'"
I think that is the case as Crabtree said he was going to have an op instead, but that's what I don't get. If there's a standby list, then the England Knights players aren't next in line, so why is Purtill talking about them forcing their way into the full squad? Clearly they're not going to. Which puts us back to what Sir Stan said; what exactly is the Knights squad for?