My favourite game: France v England, Rugby World Cup 1991 | Martin Pengelly

Punches flew and the crowd bayed for blood on that fevered day in Paris when England rode the storm to a famous victoryFrance v England in the quarter-finals of the 1991 Rugby World Cup wasn’t really rugby: it was an 80-minute history play, a piece of pure malevolent theatre.Some might say that’s over the top. They might be right but they can always ask Will Carling, the England captain that fevered day. I did, via email. Related: The Forgotten Story of … France v England, 1992 Continue reading...