JEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

SO it looks like Steve Borthwick will have his first choice captain available with the citing of Owen Farrell ending the way it should have with a ban, albeit shorter than expected. This wraps everything up rather conveniently ending just like Joe Marler’s ban before the Six Nations.
I doubt Farrell will complain with only a four-week ban or three if he attends the World Rugby Coaching Intervention Programme which I am sure he will opt for as his ban will finish at the end of January.
Owen, like Joe, has a history of committing the offence he had b...