My memory is hazy at best but did he, really? If anything I’d say he was better alongside Twelvetrees the previous year. In any case, if he does well tomorrow and makes the squad fair enough, as much as I’d rather take both Burgess and Slade.

Meanwhile, Christian Wade and Elliot Daly are having fun all over the 7s.

You might precede “Freddie”, with “The veteran…”

He certainly has his moments, but I am amazed that he is still consistently picked in the French squad.

Players like Cooper, Cipriani, Hook, Henson, Burns and even Ryan Lamb must wonder whether they would be International superstars had they been born French.