Technique is crucial: Jonathan Joseph

MUCH of what Jonathan Joseph says about Saturday’s game against France makes it sound like it’s just another day at the office.
This is part of the defence mechanism some players adopt after a surprise defeat, but it’s also because his next assignment is stopping French outside-centre Mathieu Bastareaud – and ‘Basta’ is a 19 stone (120kg) beast.
If Joseph allows Bastareaud to whip up a storm at the Stade de France the damage will eclipse the ‘Beast from the East’, putting the freeze on England’s S...