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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Paul Eddison

Inside the intense world of the England scrum: ‘Stay in the abyss’

In the leafy confines of Pennyhill Park, their usual Surrey training base, the England rugby team have every facility they could possibly want.

Head half a world away to La Plata in Argentina and the state-of-the-art installations are not as easily located, but at Club San Luis, in the outskirts of the city, Steve Borthwick has found a stunning ground where the massive operation of training the best of the best can begin.

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