A very strange thing happened over the last week or so. It started with Anthony Watson straight after the France game, followed by Jonny May and then Ben Youngs, with all three being refreshingly candid in interviews in which they conceded England’s poor form in the Six Nations before the France game had been down to them.
It was their personal responsibility and down to England’s own limited approach and poor execution.
They also all expressed the thought that they had turned a corner against the French, rediscovered the way forward and the future was still bright. So far so good. Englan...