Alex Bywater

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SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: Lay down the law to showboating Henry Pollock, forget the World Cup, get Jonny Wilkinson to fix Fin Smith and pick these new players: My nine-point plan to save England - and Steve Borthwick's job trib.al/UaBJjlG

Maro Itoje will NOT be given extended break after nightmare Six Nations - with Saracens keen to have England captain back next week trib.al/XJg4LxY

Maro Itoje will be rested for Saracens against Bath on Friday, but extended absence or sabbatical won't be happening for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 captain after disappointing Six Nations. Likely to return for Northampton. Thoughts of Mark McCall on Itoje on @MailSport here: dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyuni…

England Six Nations PLAYER RATINGS: Which players scored just 3/10? Who is 'wasted' in this system? Who were the lone bright spots? And who's fighting for their places after worst ever championship? trib.al/8diJZpa

🇵🇹 Portugal defeat 🇬🇪 Georgia 19-17 to win their first Rugby Europe Championship since 2003. It is the Lelos first defeat in the competition since 2017 and ends their run of 8 consecutive titles.

Sir Clive Woodward column on @MailSport: 'TCUP' - thinking correctly under pressure - was key to my 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 team's success. Late defeat for Steve Borthwick's men in Paris shows they haven't mastered that skill yet. #FRAvENG 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyuni…

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#FRAvENG player ratings. 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤯 Verdict from the Stade de France last night. Full disclosure... might have got a bit carried away by the madness and given Louis Bielle-Biarrey a perfect 🔟! Think it was deserved though, to be honest... #comments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyuni…

@bencoles_ glorious!

This knee slide from Joe Heyes living rent-free in my head

Lots of learnings for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in last night’s thrilling finish. 78.03: JVP kicks possession away from restart after Freeman try. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2 points up. 79.03 Pollock does brilliantly to strip Flament but loose pass & Murley fly hack follows. Small moments but very costly. #FRAvENG 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@AlexMLowe @willgkelleher collective noun for stressed Alex's?!

We all love a Six Nations title settled with the last kick of a madcap game right on deadline... 📸 @willgkelleher

A Six Nations classic in Paris. Holy moly, never seen a game like it. Worst ever campaign for England but the performance has bought Borthwick some time. My on-the-whistle report for @MailSport after the lead changed hands SEVEN times!! 🤯 mol.im/a/15644165

🇫🇷 are 2026 Six Nations champions. What. A. Game. 🤌🏻🏆🤯 #FRAvENG 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

That was absolutely, totally and utterly bonkers. A fitting way to round off the best Six Nations ever. The best Championship game I've seen live. Thomas Ramos kicks 🇫🇷 to the title with 84th minute penalty. Incredible drama.🤯 FT: 🇫🇷 48-46🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #FRAvENG

HT in Paris and the whole of 🇮🇪 is going mad for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿... After much criticism, Steve Borthwick's side have been much improved and scored four tries to lead at the break. But Ellis Genge's yellow (8th of Championship for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿) could be crucial. HT: 🇫🇷 24-27🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #FRAvENG

Not perfect, but where has this 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 been all Six Nations?! Plenty of intent and three tries already. 🇫🇷 17-17🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 after 28 minutes in Paris. #FRAvENG

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A scene of French-Anglo warfare enacted on the Stade de France pitch pre-match featuring two horses and Freddie Michalak delivering a ball to the centre of the field. Incredible stuff! #FRAvENG 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Why Wales' first Six Nations win for 1,099 DAYS provides encouragement for a brighter future after years of rugby in this proud nation being allowed to rot by absolute chancers in blazers, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI trib.al/0Db6VAh

Not saying the French are confident here in Paris but there are cartoon games on the big screen, they're playing Highway to Hell on the speaker and a journalist next to me is smoking a cigar the size of a baguette... #FRAvENG 🇫🇷 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🚬