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England leave Jones sucking lemons but demolition of Japan shows widening gulf | Gerard Meagher
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Brave Blossoms looked like Sunday afternoon amateurs but the one-sided result highlights the failings of the international landscape What can we surmise from that? England are very good at shooting fish in a barrel. Max Ojomoh looks the part when given the freedom of Twickenham i
Brave Blossoms looked like Sunday afternoon amateurs but the one-sided result highlights the failings of the international landscape What can we surmise from that? England are very good at shooting fish in a barrel. Max Ojomoh looks the part when given the freedom of Twickenham in which to operate.
Will Joseph can finish, Maro Itoje can remove candy from the clutches of a baby and someone on the TV production crew has a sadistic streak. After almost every England try – and there were 13 of them here – the camera would pan to Eddie Jones in the coaches’ box. His face that little more forlorn every time.
One more lemon sucked. Japan had a man sent off before they had touched the ball and things got no better for the Brave Blossoms. Continue reading...
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