Burgess dumped from England squad

And that’s what World Cups are all about; on the day.

Sam Burgess wants to stay in rugby union and extend his contract at Bath with an eye on playing in the back row at the next World Cup rather than as a centre, the role handed to him by coach Stuart Lancaster during England’s disastrous campaign.

England coach Stuart Lancaster apologised and admitted his future is uncertain after Australia inflicted his side’s second devastating World Cup defeat in a week.

Center Henry Slade, scrumhalf Danny Care, winger Jack Nowell and fullback Alex Goode were handed their first starts of the tournament, while George Ford returned at flyhalf in a much-changed back division when the team was announced on Tuesday for the match in Manchester. Man City is a great place to play and it’s an opportunity for people in that part of the country to come and watch an England rugby union game.

Old demons would be reawakened come scrum time, England No. 8 Ben Morgan goaded Australia before their Rugby World Cup showdown yesterday.

Television channel ITV is set to lose over a million dollars per game in advertising revenue since England bowed out, while television advertising value for England sponsors will dip by up to 25 percent.

“You don’t want too many experiences like this but from a young player’s point of view you can do nothing but learn from them”.

Elsewhere, Owen Farrell takes over from injured Saracens clubmate Brad Barritt in the number 12 jersey as George Ford returns to fly half.

“I’ve not had any conversations with him about a move to rugby league at all”, said the England coach when asked.

That followed a 38-25 loss to Wales in the “Pool of Death” and meant England became the first World Cup hosts to fail to reach the quarter-finals. “I can’t see anything changing”.

Because the tournament is over, the coaches and players have gone their separate ways and it is rare that you cross paths with those coaches again. “It’s one of the biggest jobs in world sport and you would be insane not to consider it”, said White, now head coach at French side Montpellier.

“It’s important that we put together a positive, attacking display and I think this team will reflect that”.

Starting XV: 1-Mako Vunipola, 2-Tom Youngs, 3-Dan Cole, 4-Joe Launchbury, 5-Geoff Parling, 6-James Haskell, 7-Chris Robshaw (captain), 8-Nick Easter; 9-Danny Care, 10-George Ford, 11-Jack Nowell, 12-Owen Farrell, 13-Henry Slade, 14-Anthony Watson, 15-Alex Goode.

The final three last-eight berths will begin to be filled from Wednesday with South Africa expected to confirm their spot when they take on the United States.