That is because Ashton has incorporated to his team three additional thirty five year old teammates, who are Mike Catt, Lawrence Dallaglio and Mark Regan. The crew has an average age rate of thirty and consists of eleven more team players that are in their thirties. Eight of the other teammates are either 28 or 29 and there are only three members of the squad that are under the age of 25.
England has won the World Cup on one instance back in 2003 where coach Sir Clive Ronald Woodward led the nation to the winning of the cup using the same tactic as Ashton being that the majority of the players also in their thirties. That may be a good explanation as to why Ashton is so convinced that the experience acquired to senior players around that age pays off much more than young talent.
According to Ashton what England needs to win the cup once again is big and powerful forwards, which he assures England already has with the higher-ranking players that are on his list and is following his intuition in going after experience to achieve the countryâ??s goal.
His judgment was also made on his belief that the World Cup is a place for players with real mental strength at international level and with big-match experience. Toby Flood, Dan Cipriani, Nick Abendanon and James Haskell were all dismissed in the final round of the assortment procedure and the choice to leave out Cipriani and Abendanon means England will go to the competition without a specialized fullback. However, not all are completely persuaded that the crew will make it.