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England crowned champions after France held to draw by Scotland in Glasgow
By PA
England have been crowned 2020 Women’s Six Nations champions after France were held to a 13-13 draw by Scotland at Scotstoun Stadium.
France needed a win in Glasgow to take the title race to a final round but they saw a 10-point lead reeled in after wing Rachel Shankland crossed in the 73rd minute.
Helen Nelson’s conversion meant the match finished in a stalemate as Scotland avoided defeat for the first time in three rounds of a competition interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.
Head coach Simon Middleton said: “We are delighted to have retained the title after four big performances from the team to date.
"It's a fitting reward for all the hard work put in earlier this year.
“We have a big week ahead and the aim is to stay focussed on securing the Grand Slam in Italy next weekend.”
England are now six points clear at the summit of the table and can not be caught with their final match against Italy to come on November 1. Middleton will announce his squad for the Italy game later this week.
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It is if he thinks he’s got hold of the ball and there is at least one other player between him and the ball carrier, which is why he has to reach around and over their heads. Not a deliberate action for me.
Go to commentsI understand, but England 30 years ago were a set piece focused kick heavy team not big on using backs.
Same as now.
South African sides from any period will have a big bunch of forwards smashing it up and a first five booting everything in their own half.
NZ until recently rarely if ever scrummed for penalties; the scrum is to attack from, broken play, not structured is what we’re after.
Same as now.
These are ways of playing very ingrained into the culture.
If you were in an English club team and were off to Fiji for a game against a club team you’d never heard of and had no footage of, how would you prepare?
For a forward dominated grind or would you assume they will throw the ball about because they are Fijian?
A Fiji way. An English way.
An Australian way depends on who you’ve scraped together that hasn’t been picked off by AFL or NRL, and that changes from generation to generation a lot of the time.
Actually, maybe that is their style. In fact, yes they have a style.
Nevermind. Fuggit I’ve typed it all out now.
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