French wing is a once in a generation talent who has terrifying pace and poses a myriad of problems for England in the Six Nations finale
when England won their most recent Grand Slam in 2016, and he missed the clinching win over France in Paris injured. And while England were Six Nations champions again in 2020, it was a tournament split apart by Covid, and George and company eventually received the trophy in the gardens of their training ground in Teddington.
“We can’t control what happens in Dublin but at the same time we have a great chance to go out and do something special,” George said. “If it’s four wins and we don’t quite lift the trophy, I think we still look back and reflect on a successful journey and tournament for this team.”Head coach Fabien Galthie’s reshuffled coaching panel have gone for size in the pack, but if there is one thing that shouldn’t frighten England it is an eight who muster more than 1000kgs when the bench is used.
Full-back Leo Barre is one of three French starters now playing just his second Test, off the back of some positional uncertainty against the Welsh. Any more of that, and England will fancy creating the kind of overlap finished by
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