(Reuters) - Luther Burrell has said that former head coach Stuart Lancaster let him down by dropping him from England's Rugby World Cup squad, but that he holds no grudge against Sam Burgess, who took his place.
In his first public comments since the World Cup, Burrell, who plays centre for Northampton in the English Premiership, described how the "heartbreaking" news left him fighting back tears around the other players.
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