Dallaglio: Care is great player – he’ll be back

DANNY Care can still wriggle his way back into Eddie Jones’ good books and persuade the doubting Aussie he should be his World Cup No9.

Former England captain Lawrence Dallaglio believes Care’s axing from the final home Autumn international with Australia will be a big wake up call for the Harlequins scrum-half.

And with Richard Wigglesworth impressing as a second half replacement at Twickenham, Care, 31, faces a struggle to regain his place when England travel to Dublin for their opening Six Nations clash on February 2.

Care was told to “go away and work on things” by Jones following his lacklustre display in the tougher than expected win over Japan.

Dallaglio said: “Danny faces a real challenge but he has done that in the past with England. He’s had spells where he has been pushed out the picture but he’s still around putting pressure on Ben Youngs.

“Eddie doesn’t mess about when he decides he doesn’t like the way things are going and wants more from a certain player or his team. He is a tough man to please, and he expects players to maintain a high level of performance throughout. Any sign of a drop in form and he jumps on it.

“But Danny is a great player. He hasn’t got 80-odd caps for nothing. He is an experienced, talented lad who has endured being in and out of the squad for many years but was clearly hoping to stay in it for the next year. He badly wants to be England’s World Cup No9 and I feel he still can be if he sorts out the things he needs to improve.

“Eddie has told him to work on certain areas and Danny will be training even harder knowing what he has to do.

“But the situation has opened the door to both Wigglesworth, who has been performing very well for Sarries, and Dan Robson at Wasps. Those two guys have the chance to force their way into Eddie’s thoughts.”