ENGLAND’S remarkable two-match transformation from a kick-chase side into a team which hit all the highs in terms of attacking tempo, skill, and risk, was the wonder of the Six Nations.
England’s resurrection, after four dismal years, lit up the tournament – and they were integral, along with Ireland and France, in two humdinger games. They won the first by a whisker to foil an Irish Slam and lost the other to France by the slenderest of threads in a Lyon spectacular.
In both games the Red Rose men outscored the opposition – three tries to two, and four to...