BRENDAN GALLAGHER

SOMETIMES a little adversity does you good and it certainly sparked a reaction from England in Marseille last night. Already under the cosh after an underwhelming summer series including two red cards, they visibly bristled and straightened defiant backs last night when Tom Curry was sent off with less than three minutes on the clock.
For me, it was more than a tad unlucky and for a few seconds it seemed like the final straw for England – their campaign was cursed, the rugby gods had well and truly deserted them – but then, as happened briefly when they went a man down ag...