Brown unhappy with Italy and Scotland

Mike Brown reflects on England's latest Six Nations heartache by offering a scathing assessment of the contribution from Scotland and Italy on an enthralling final day.



The tanks were emptied in an evening of glorious mayhem at Twickenham but a breathless 55-35 victory over France was insufficient to dethrone Ireland as champions.

For a fourth successive year the 2015 World Cup hosts have finished runners-up and on points difference for each of the last three instalments of the competition, on this occasion falling short by less than a converted try.



A gloriously chaotic finale produc…