Courtney Lawes: We shouldn’t be downbeat about Six Nations

Influential lock Courtney Lawes insists that England’s Six Nations campaign shouldn’t be viewed as a failure, despite the side finishing second for the third year in a row and continuing a barren run that has seen them claim just one Six Nations title in over a decade.

RFU CEO Ian Ritchie was scathing in his assessment of the latest campaign, branding it “unacceptable” despite England missing out on the trophy by just six points.

Several players, such as Mike Brown, Richard Wigglesworth and Billy Twelvetrees, have since come out in agreement with Ritchie.

Lawes, speaking at a MaxiNutrition…