NICK CAIN
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We are a year out from the 2023 World Cup – and three years into England “kicking stones down the road” after being overwhelmed by South Africa in Yokohama.
Eddie Jones’ stonekicking comment was a smart one-liner aimed at masking his deep disappointment at his team’s World Cup final flop – but its lack of motivational drive has come home to roost.
For the last three years, England have often looked like a team in limbo. They have been maddeningly inconsistent, appearing emotionally flat rather than fully primed.
The 2020 Six Nations opener again...