BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT

Handbags: But Owen Farrell, No.12 far left, stays out of the melee

Cast your mind back exactly four years to the day, which is admittedly a painful process for England supporters. Three games and just 15 days into their own World Cup and England had already been eliminated with only the cringing formality of a dead rubber against Uruguay before the last rites could be read.
As you will recall, it was all kicking off. Calamitous defeats against Wales and Australia, bitter arguments and debate about the selection of certain players, angry fans a...