It was a foul day, cold, wet and grey, but no one at Twickenham cared too much about that. There was enough heat on the pitch to keep everyone warm. It was a brutal, bad-tempered game, a brawl in a squall.
It seems whatever else Eddie Jones’s provocations achieved, they certainly did not improve the relations between the teams and in the stands the atmosphere was as intense as it has been in a long while. The roar of anticipation in those last few seconds before the kick-off must have echoed right across west London. Twickenham is an intimidating place to come and play these days, which is just how Jones wants it.
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