PAUL REES

After Marcus Smith missed a penalty two minutes into the second half from 30 metres out and just to the left of the posts, the outside-half cursed himself with a two-word phrase that England supporters watching at the ground and at home would have struggled to top in terms of bad language.
The score was 10-10. England had been awarded the penalty at a scrum having struggled up front in the second quarter after Joe Marler hobbled off and in a game that had largely been dominated by the defences, every point was going to count.
Smith had missed a penalty after four minutes, again a...