London Welsh 17 Saracens 68, match report: Ruthless finishing boosts Chris Ashton's World Cup hopes
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London Welsh 17 Saracens 68, match report: Ruthless finishing boosts Chris Ashton's World Cup hopes
It feels like a lifetime ago that Chris Ashton finished the last World Cup as the joint top try-scorer despite England’s woeful campaign.
A hat-trick of tries against Romania, two against Georgia and one against Scotland ensured Ashton equalled the total of France wing Vincent Clerc in New Zealand in 2011, even though Les Bleus went on to reach the final, having defeated Martin Johnson’s side in the quarter-finals.
Four years on and Ashton, despite being overlooked by England for their last two Six Nations campaigns, showed just what a ruthless finisher he can be by crossing for four tr…
A hat-trick of tries against Romania, two against Georgia and one against Scotland ensured Ashton equalled the total of France wing Vincent Clerc in New Zealand in 2011, even though Les Bleus went on to reach the final, having defeated Martin Johnson’s side in the quarter-finals.
Four years on and Ashton, despite being overlooked by England for their last two Six Nations campaigns, showed just what a ruthless finisher he can be by crossing for four tr…
