Haskell in the middle as England deny release

ROB ANDREW reiterated that England will not be releasing James Haskell to play for Stade Francais this weekend.

And in doing so, England’s elite rugby director shifted the spotlight of the club-versus-country row directly on to the player himself.

Stade are desperate for Haskell to be available for tomorrow’s pivotal Top 14 clash with Toulouse, for which they have sold nearly 80,000 tickets.