great game, amazing tournament. Where has that England been and why can't Borthwick get that out of the players when there's pressure on as opposed to when we're playing for pride and his job?
Stories from inside the camp suggest Maro has been a shell of himself this tournament around the training ground etc, not surprising really after losing his mum. Thought he had a good game but the knock on at the end was infuriating. The high tackle from Davidson was a phase or two before the ref actually gave the decision which is why people are confused. I'm biased so struggling to work out if i thought that was a pen or not. A few decisions went against us in the game, which always happens but when its decided by the last kick its always easy to point at them.
England overview: A very decent set of players, poorly coached (who on earth is coaching Roebuck's defensive positioning when his inside backs are drifting and he's sprinting up into the opposition line?). I suspect Steve will stay, but i think changes will be made to save his skin, personally I'd get rid of Wigglesworth and El Abd and find actual coaches. If there was a top class coach floating around at the moment i'd believe this England squad could do real damage to the top of the table over the next 18 months
France - no idea what to say really, their pack don't look as good as I thought they were, their backs are electric, but their heads go down still, like the old days. Well deserved tournament victory, saw some stats last night that showed they were 1st for almost every single positive metric over the tournament.
Ho hum, 1 win from 5 matches, worst ever result in the 6N, first time we've finished behind Italy on the table, with that squad? There should be consequences, I bet there won't be.
