On the very same day that Steve Borthwick offered Jamie George the England captaincy, the 33-year-old was digesting the news that his mother, Jane, had been diagnosed with cancer. With every ...

Jamie George will sit on the bench at Murrayfield watching supporters file into the stadium and think about his mum, Jane. The England captain’s mother died, aged 68, on Wednesday last week ...

With a record of five wins in 12 games, Jamie George will not go down as one of England’s great captains. Few men in the ...

The hooker's mother, Jane, died last week but George has decided to play because she "would have wanted me to". "I am so lucky that we have a great group of people here," he told Rugby Union Daily.