Ashton: toughest game yet to come

ENGLAND coach Brian Ashton has ignored struggling Wales’ miserable RBS 6 Nations season and predicted possibly his team’s “toughest game of the tournament” on Saturday.

Ashton: toughest game yet to come
Wed, 14 Mar, 2007 - 00:00
Andrew Baldock

The world champions will arrive at the Millennium Stadium having lost just once in Cardiff since 1993. And they still have a chance of securing Six Nations silverware, even though their points difference is considerably inferior to their title rivals France and Ireland.

Wales, in contrast, are favourites for the wooden spoon after suffering four successive defeats, including last weekend’s controversial loss to resurgent Italy.

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