Goode: ‘Inept’ England can return to winning ways

ANDY GOODE pulls no punches when it comes to assessing England’s RBS 6 Nations Championship demise this season, citing “ineptitude” as a fundamental reason.

The Leicester fly-half, who makes his first Test match start tomorrow, believes, however, that England can dig sufficiently deep to end their campaign with a return to winning ways thwarting Irish Triple Crown hopes.

England have not scored a try in three hours of six nations action, while the three touchdowns they conceded to France, last weekend, were all assisted by red rose blunders including Goode's speculative pass that wing Christophe Dominici intercepted.