Eddie Jones will be purring after England duo Jonny May and George Ford combined to try-scoring effect for Leicester Tigers with the 2019 Guinness Six Nations right round the corner.
It’s just 34 days before the Red Rose open their 2019 Championship campaign against defending Grand Slam winners Ireland in Dublin.
With the pair showing their class in domestic rugby at just the right time, it might not be long before they add to the eight times they’ve started in the same backline in Rugby’s Greatest Championship.
With less than two minutes played in their Premiership clash with Bath at the Rec on Sunday, Ford kicked an impudent grubber deep into the home side’s territory.
May showed all of his speed to attack the space and dive over for a early Tigers try, that would come in a 23-16 defeat.
On this form, the 28-year-old flier will hope to add to his four tries in the 2018 and alongside Ford, help inspire England to improve on their fifth-placed finish.
