Bath’s George Ford loses out in battle with Saracens’ Owen Farrell | Michael Aylwin

England’s World Cup squad fly-half rivals face each other in Premiership play-off final, with Farrell earning most plaudits in Saracens’ 28-16 winSo the debate is back on. It is not one that will prove very popular with the romantics – those who believe that you need more than a defensive game to win a World Cup. In Bath’s highest-stakes match of the season, when those who have pretensions to performing in the highest-stakes internationals need to demonstrate their composure and authority, George Ford was forced to watch his old friend and rival, Owen Farrell, dominate proceedings. Worse than …