Peter Jackson: Six Nations 2020 proves the best team doesn't always come first

Another title title slips from the grasp of the team playing the best rugby

England captain Owen Farrell lifts the Guinness Six Nations Trophy with his team. Picture: INPHO/Andrew Fosker

Mon, 02 Nov, 2020 - 06:00

Peter Jackson is a renowned rugby correspondent with many seasons’ experience covering the Six Nations, the Lions, and World Cups.

And so another Six Nations title slips from the grasp of the team playing the best rugby, leaving France as empty as their flying saucer of a stadium.

England’s off-stage crowning as champions, feet up in a biosecure hotel in downtown Rome watching the remaining contenders eliminate each other in Paris, added to the emptiness of the finale. How ironic that one ancient English foe should conspire with another to festoon the trophy in white ribbons before handing it to them.