CHRIS HEWETT

WHENEVER we talk of Edward I, which admittedly is not an everyday occurrence, we invariably refer to him as the “Hammer of the Scots”. Judging by the reaction to last weekend’s Calcutta Cup contest, Edward Jones has earned himself a similar sobriquet.
Sadly for him, it’s not quite similar enough.
“Hammered BY the Scots” is not the kind of thing a chap wants chiselled into his gravestone.
The list of sins, some of omission (the failure to ask someone other than Joe Marler to propel the ball into a crucial line-out) and others of commission (the premature withdrawal of Marcu...