By George the lad’s bright, now let’s see it in an England shirt

JAMIE GEORGE was outstanding in that Saracens win — he must be nailed on to start at hooker for England now. Eddie Jones was in the stands watching, and another brilliant performance by George throws into question Dylan Hartley’s role, even whether the former captain goes to the World Cup at all.

At the moment Hartley is not in the same league as George. Warren Gatland saw that two years ago when he picked George as his Lions hooker above everyone else, including Hartley.

Yesterday George was fantastic in every respect. Out of all the England guys on show he was the pick by a long way. He scored one try but it was the way he moved the ball from the breakdown that stood out.

The try when David Strettle scored down the blindside was superb. George’s distribution to find Strettle on the wing was incredible — it could have been a scrumhalf making the quick pass.

You have got one of the most skilful players there, in terms of his handling ability, his hooking and line-out work. Now I want to see more of that from George in

an England shirt, to get them playing quickly. He is a really bright footballer.

Billy Vunipola and Maro Itoje cruised through the game, doing their jobs as part of a great team. They have a big year ahead.

I always think the team reflects the coach and Saracens are just like Mark McCall — no frills just tough, no nonsense and very good.

There were no issues over losing Owen Farrell late either. He made totally the right call by missing the game to be with his wife as she was giving birth. That decision showed Saracens in a good light off the field too.

Without Farrell, Saracens switched things around seamlessly with Alex Goode playing fly-half and Liam Williams moving to full-back.

The Welshman, off the back of a Grand Slam win, was brilliant yet again.

Saracens will play Munster in Coventry in the semi-finals now, and you cannot see them losing that.