Owen Farrell puts his head where it hurts but the pain is all Argentina’s | Andy Bull

The England captain was once more hit high but once again there was no head-injury assessmentSpend enough time in the wrong parts of town, and you are bound to run into trouble soon enough. Owen Farrell seems to be finding plenty of it on the pitch, but then, he has never been shy of poking his head down dark alleyways. This time he ran smack into Argentina lock Tomás Lavanini, 6ft 7in tall, 20st heavy, and coming up fast and shoulder-first. Lavanini dipped at the waist as he made the final two strides, as if he was offering a cursory bow, and Farrell reacted by dropping down to brace for the …

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