France v England, Stade de France, Saturday, 8.0 – Live RTÉ2 & UTVAs 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 2022 Six Nations voyage. 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.
Compared with France, seeking to seal their first grand slam since 2010, England have had a consistently turbulent passage since they initially embarked for a storm-lashed Scotland last month. Murrayfield misery has b …
- March 19, 2022
