Six Nations: It’s sink or swim for England as France prepare to sail home via IrishTimesSport
As Voltaire put it: “Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.” The great French philosopher might just as well have been referencing Eddie Jones’s England before their final leg of a hitherto unrewarding 2022voyage. Paris is never an easy place to go, let alone for sides whose title hopes have, in effect, already left the harbour on a P&O ferry.
For all the talk of a brave new England, the same maddening structural and selectorial flaws continue to resurface Of course England continue to be beset by injuries. A British and Irish Lions tour which stretched deep into August has clearly taken a significant toll. But it is the same for all the other home nations, who have mostly managed to make the best of it. For Jones to say, as he did this week, that he might be unable to field his best XV until next year’s World Cup will not greatly thrill the willing and available squad members over whom he presides.
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