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Why defeat by France was biggest blow of all

NICK CAIN

Upper hand: France celebrate victory over England
PICTURE: Getty Images

THERE has been too much of a shoulder-shrug about England’s 22-16 defeat by France in Paris a fortnight ago, when, of all their three Six Nations losses, it should be the one galvanising Eddie Jones and his suddenly beleaguered squad the most.
That is because at the 2019 World Cup England face France as rivals in their latest bid to qualify from a ‘pool of death’ – and we all remember the funereal march of Stuart Lancaster’s side when they failed to do so after losing to Austra...

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