sport news How England's record home 10-53 defeat by France turned into a day of torture ... trends now
sport news How England's record home 10-53 defeat by France turned into a day of torture ... trends now
From wasteful kicking early on to being stripped of the ball for France's fifth try… how England's record home 10-53 defeat turned into a day of Twickenham torture for fly-half Marcus Smith in 'Le Crunch' against Les Bleus England suffered their worst ever defeat at Twickenham losing 10-53 to France The spotlight was on Marcus Smith he was selected over captain Owen Farrell Sportsmail have broken down the fly-half's disappointing performance
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England were overwhelmed 53-10 by France at Twickenham in a record defeat that removed them from Guinness Six Nations title contention and delivered an alarming reality check to Steve Borthwick's rebuilding project.
Trailing 27-3 at half-time - their highest interval deficit at Twickenham in any fixture - they were in the midst of full-blown crisis having been taken apart up front.
Thomas Ramos, Thibaud Flament and Charles Ollivon had crossed with alarming ease and England looked completely lost as fault lines opened in their defence, kicking, breakdown and discipline.
The arrival of Owen Farrell and Alex Mitchell off the bench
