Rugby World Cup
Stuart Lancaster dismisses Mike Catt and Danny Cipriani bust up as 'non-story'
ESPN Staff
October 8, 2015
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England coach Stuart Lancaster has dismissed the training ground row between Mike Catt and Danny Cipriani as a "non-story".

Skills coach Catt had a heated exchange with Cipriani during a training drill shortly after the Sale fly-half had been told he had not made England's 31-man Rugby World Cup squad.

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"Everybody knows Mike Catt pretty well," Lancaster said ahead of Saturday's final Pool A game against Uruguay.

"I saw it and I had a good chat with both of them. Everybody shook hands and it was all done in a short space of time and we all moved on. It's no problem. Things like that happen occasionally with so many players in the camp, but it's a non-story for me."

Lancaster said that he would take a full part in England's post-tournament review, which is normal procedure but which on this occasion is expected to examine his and his assistants' future.

"There will be a lot made out of the review that is to come. I have no problem with the reviews," he said.

"I've conducted them myself in age grade teams and after every tournament or Six Nations. The whole purpose of them is to get better."

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