JEFF PROBYN
A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME

After watching a record defeat at home against a side that had struggled to hit form this season, the England performance asked more questions than it answered.
Why was Steve Borthwick’s side so far off the pace of this game when it was they who suggested that they would try and run a big French pack ragged and dominate the last quarter of the game?
Why did captain Ellis Genge spend more time speaking to the referee than his own team when they needed guidance?
What has happened to the ‘new crowd pleasing’ game that Borthwick and his new coaching t...