article_snippet: Stuart Lancaster might be inclined to spend the last two weeks of May hiding behind Stuart Lancaster sofa, hoping against hope that Stuart Lancaster World Cup plans are not wrecked by the business end of the club season.
article_snippet: Stuart Lancaster will name Stuart Lancaster 45-man preliminary World Cup squad before the semi-finals of the Aviva Premiership .
article_snippet: Stuart Lancaster must then reduce his 45-man preliminary World Cup squad to 31 players by for World Cup on August 31 .
article_snippet: Lancaster must announce Lancaster final World Cup squad of 31 on August 31, before a final warm-up match, against Ireland at Twickenham.
article_snippet: Lancaster will be announced mid-May, before the Barbarians game, which is the same weekend as the Premiership final.
article_snippet: Lancaster's side beat France 55-35 in the Six Nations on Saturday but did not secure the title .
highlights_snippet: Stuart Lancaster will name a 45-man England World Cup squad in mid-May .
  
highlights_snippet: Stuart Lancaster will have to cut a 45-man England World Cup squad down to 31 players by August 31 .