What happened to our World Cup-winning XV

14 April 2012
Clive Woodward:

Josh Lewsey: has a broken hand after a poor summer tour

Jason Robinson: the one shining light after captaining Sale to the top of the Premiership following a summer off

Will Greenwood: season disrupted by heavy bang to the head

Mike Tindall: hampered by injury. Now features more in the gossip columns thanks to girlfriend Zara Phillips

Ben Cohen: dropped by Northampton after poor run of form

Jonny Wilkinson: just back following long lay-off after surgery

Matt Dawson: axed from squad for not putting England first

Trevor Woodman: a shadow of his former self. Moved to Sale

Steve Thompson: dropped by England on summer tour

Phil Vickery: has needed two operations to sort out a disc problem in his neck. Yet to play this season

Martin Johnson: retired from Test rugby

Ben Kay: omitted for the summer tour. Still way off his Cup form

Richard Hill: even his seemingly endless supply of energy has been affected and is rumoured to have a rib problem.

Lawrence Dallaglio: resigned as captain and quit Test rugby after the ravages of the summer tour

Neil Back: quit Test rugby during the Six Nations

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