WHEN

Jonny May touched the ball down for the first time against France on Sunday it was the fifth consecutive Test in which England have scored a try in the opening four minutes. That isn’t coincidence. It is a strategy, schemed by Eddie Jones, to dictate play from the opening. If England kick off, Owen Farrell sends the ball noticeably deeper with a ferocious press in the hope that it is poorly dealt with or, even better, cleared badly to touch, awarding possession from the line-out in dangerous territory. It sounds so simple. It is so simple. Why doesn’t everyone do it?