European Champions Cup: talking points from the weekend’s action

Bath’s malaise a worry for England, Jones may be barking up the wrong tree with Northampton and Strettle’s brilliance provides further proof of the RFU’s follyBath’s head coach Mike Ford freely admits his team are lacking in confidence as well as form. He also queried the on-field leadership in the absence of the injured Stuart Hooper and Francois Louw and, once again, the scrum foundations were not as firm as they should have been. The previous weekend’s escape act in Coventry is already a fast-receding memory; Wasps were markedly superior at the Rec and look in considerably better shape for …