Six Nations: Electric Ben Earl embodies England's new era after World Cup Eureka moment
Ben Earl was once an acquired Test-match taste, but England’s outspoken Saracen has stormed from Mr Marmite to the best No 8 since sliced bread.
The erudite 26-year-old loves two things: polarising opinion and splintering opposition defences.
To England’s full benefit, increasingly he focuses on the latter, but the Redhill native still knows how to get under people’s skin.
When he is not calling out pundits for perceived slights against England, Earl is calling himself out instead, having publicly challenged himself to become a world-class
