• Coach watches on aghast as his rallying call backfires • Alldritt says France used Jones’s words as motivation Eddie Jones was forced to eat his words on Sunday after France were inspired to a thrilling Six Nations victory against England by his claims that his side would unleash “absolute brutality” in Paris. England were outgunned by France’s new-look side and went into half-time 17-0 down – the first time they had failed to score a point before the interval in the competition for 32 years. Two fine individual tries from Jonny May gave England some respectability after the break but George Furbank endured a difficult debut at full‑back and Tom Curry’s move to No 8 remains a work in progress. Continue reading...