‘England's lessons from crazy day will be invaluable’

England's young team will be go into the World Cup case-hardened by the experience of Saturday's extraordinary Six Nations victory over France that felt like a devastating defeat, according to assistant coach Andy Farrell.


Despite roaring back from a 15-7 deficit and scoring seven tries to win 55-35 – their highest-ever score against the French – England were left distraught to come up six points short of the title, finishing second for the fourth year in a row as Ireland retained the crown.


"Those lapses against Italy and Scotland cost us but that performance today was outstanding and…