England need to defend better and break the letter of the law for Six Nations success against Ireland

For a moment in England’s
47-17
win against Italy at Twickenham on Saturday I was transported back to
pitch level and memories of the Calcutta Cup game on the same pitch in 1993.




Stuart Barnes, the Bath fly-half, feigned to kick inside his 22, stepped
inside the charging defender and then released his club team-mate Jeremy
Guscott.




I remember trying to support Guscott as he put on the afterburners but gave up
the futile task as he and Rory Underwood streaked away for a 75-metre try
that had the crowd in raptures.




The present day saw a similar contribution b…