Joe Marler likes to say it as it is. The England prop is not one to cloak his words in euphemism or disguise his thoughts in nuance.
“You have just got to win, haven’t you,” he said after England’s victory over Japan last weekend. “Why do you have to finesse it? What did England do 20 years ago? Find a way to win the World Cup.
“You talk about style of play, don’t you? They went a couple of phases, Jonny Wilkinson slotted some penalties and some dropgoals. A lot of that tournament they won ugly, but we do not talk about that now, do we? We talk about them winning the World Cup. You forget ho...