French flops are outsmarted

England 25 France 17

A year after so effectively extinguishing the threat of Jonny Wilkinson in the 20-15 Paris victory which wrecked England’s Grand Slam and Six Nations championship hopes last season, flanker Serge Betsen hardly laid a hand on the England flyhalf.

His frustration was clear as he said: “We cannot be happy with this match because we did not do the things we had worked on in training.”