As you scroll through the statistical smallprint, there are nuggets of good news. In some aspects England’s defence is even better than South Africa’s – a gold standard for working without the ball.

England maintained their dominance over Wales with emphatic 3 - 0 win in a friendly match held at Wembley Stadium in London on Thursday night. The result marked the 8th consecutive victory for the ...

It was no coincidence that England’s most middling period of the game, just after the interval, also featured Japan twice getting around the edge of the blitz. A team with more firepower than Japan ...