PAUL REES

ENGLAND would appear to be playing for second place in the European table when they take on New Zealand on Saturday. France’s victory over South Africa on Friday night means a bonus point victory over Argentina in Paris will leave them in an unassailable position.
France being France means nothing can be assumed even if Argentina have not won in the French capital since 2014. They managed it twice in the 2007 World Cup, starting with the opening match of the tournament, but their laboured victory over Italy in Genoa yesterday, a match which was the polar opposite of ...