Mike Brown has been so angered by leaked stories from
England's dreadful World Cup campaign that he says he cannot trust any of his
international team-mates.
The fallout from England's pool stage exit on home soil
continues to fester, with coach Stuart Lancaster coming in for criticism from
anonymous members within the squad during and after the tournament.
And the latest revelation - being investigated by the Rugby
Football Union - that kit man Dave Tennison allegedly urged some England
players to buy shares which subsequently plummeted in value proved the final
straw for Brown.
The Harlequins full-back told the Daily Telegraph:
"There has been a story at the weekend which is absolutely ridiculous so
the trust has gone now as far as I am concerned.
"I don't think anyone was good enough in an England
shirt to be piping up saying, 'This was wrong, that was wrong', and that sort
of thing. If they are going to say something, I think they should put their
name to it.
"That is going to make it even more difficult when we
[the England squad] do meet up because I think the trust has been, as you can
imagine, completely shot now.
"But it will come out who it was at the end of the day
so it will be interesting when it does because I will be one of the first
people to speak to them."
While Lancaster's future is under review, Brown believes
whoever takes charge for England's next assignment - next year's Six Nations
Championship - needs to make reconciling the squad a key priority.
"It is going to be hard for me to call anyone
'team-mates' until we meet up," he added. "Everything good is built
on trust. Everything good at Harlequins is built on trust.
"There is no trust [with England] now, as far as I am
concerned. But it will all get sorted out with whoever is in charge or whoever
is there. It will get sorted out, to move the team forwards, it always does in
team environments."
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