Women’s Six Nations: England may be professional but will feel the pressure
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After last year’s disappointments England, with 38 players now on professional contracts, are targeting their first Six Nations title since 2012This may be the first Women’s Six Nations to be televised in full but it is also the first to feature a fully professional squad. England have not won the title that for seven consecutive years was exclusively theirs since 2012. But, if they do not win it this year, we may have to revise all that we hold sacred about the efficacy of the professional way.Ireland have won two of the four championships since England’s last triumph, and they host the World…





