SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: I don't care who you are and how experienced a player or coach you might be, the opening exchanges of a Six Nations campaign are fraught and nerve-racking and I don’t expect England’s match against France to be any different. The build-up is so big and lengthy and expectations are so high — sometimes ridiculously so — that it is easy for a team to either overcook their preparations or be paralysed by fear. Getting it just right is very much an art, not a science. Yes, England are coming off the back of a superb unbeaten 13-match winning sequence but that counts for absolutely nothing now. The slate is wiped clean. ...read