Bernard le Roux and France bring the ‘brutalité’ to swat England aside | Gerard Meagher

This Six Nations game was not as close as the score suggested, also thanks to Antoine Dupont’s excellence at scrum-halfAt times it was brutal to watch. Do not be fooled by England’s late rally, this was a masterclass from France, utterly unfazed by Eddie Jones’s pre-match comments. Their heroes were many: Antoine Dupont, the swashbuckling scrum-half, Charles Ollivon, the colossal captain and the irrepressible Bernard le Roux to name just three. Chapeau too to Shaun Edwards, for France’s new defence coach left an indelible mark on this match.On social media former players from both sides were l…