Credit Where It's Due

It is only a couple of weeks since I was bemoaning the gobshitery (yes it is a word) of Saracens winger Chris Ashton. I stand by that but we at the OG are even-handed if nothing else.

Yesterday Ashton was part of the Saracens team that saw off Harlequins in front of eighty thousand souls at Wembley. He scored two tries, both on the wing opposite to that he nominally occupied. His predatory nature is second to none in English rugby. Scoring points is the rarest and most precious gift in rugby union. Mind you he should please be told to drop the vainglorious swan dive as he scores. People hate the English enough already without stirring the pot further. There would be a place for this particular gobshite in my England team and I suspect that Eddie Jones will feel the same.

talented but prone to gobshitery

On yesterday's game also - Alex Goode outplayed Mike Brown. Another point which Jones may care to note as he seeks to go beyond the limited European horizon.