Six Nations team-by-team previews: England
Paul Rees says that, this time around, the fixture list has been kind to the World Cup semi-finalists

IT IS five years since England started a Six Nations campaign with a victory. They won resoundingly in Dublin and left with a try bonus point, setting the tone for the World Cup that autumn which saw them reach the final in Japan.
At the end of 2019, they looked to be the force in Europe, armed with the ammunition to take on the best in the south. Then came Covid and a decline, slow and steady at first, that jolted them to change head coaches less ...