Last-gasp Six Nations victory over France could signal a new dawn but may simply be the law of averages at play
Not quite the complete works of Shakespeare, but eventually the monkeys and their typewriters were going to script a last-gasp England victory. Leaving a frazzled Twickenham on Saturday night you could not help but wonder how much significance the history books will end up affording this thrilling contest.
Has a corner been turned, has “the dam broken” as Ben Earl had promised it would, or was this, as captivating as it was, simply evidence that a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day? That while there are no certainties in professional sport, if England kept putting themselves in contention in the final throes of matches, that if they came up against a side with what at times looked like a nihilistic contempt for the try-line, eventually, after all those near misses, they would end up on the right side of the scoreboard. Is this a new dawn or simply the law of averages at play?
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/feb/09/england-steve-borthwick-rugby-union-six-nations
Author : Gerard Meagher
Publish date : 2025-02-09 18:00:06
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