Games like England triumphed on Twickenham on Saturday can not only change his entire season as an international coach, but also his entire career.
This can and should be takeoff for Steve Borthwick and his team. Last season, England also beat Ireland on the local grass by a single point, but after that it did not start.
There can be no repetition of that this time. It was an incredible game. I want to send my huge congratulations to Steve and the players.
What should excite this team in England is that they won a game that they should really have lost. I'm not very sure how France did not come at the top!
They blew six or seven attempts. This is a massive and massive setback for French rugby and a dark day for them because there is no way that they should have tried defeat.
But that's why International Sport, and Rugby Test, is so good. England was very good on the defensive and scored some very good attempts.
![England beat France 26-25 with a dramatic attempt at last consumption in the six nations on Twickenham](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/02/09/01/95014259-14376109-image-a-4_1739063003701.jpg)
England beat France 26-25 with a dramatic attempt at last consumption in the six nations on Twickenham
![This was a great result for the chief coach of England Steve Borthwick after the defeat last week against Ireland](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/02/08/23/95012473-14376109-image-a-24_1739057081504.jpg)
This was a great result for the chief coach of England Steve Borthwick after the defeat last week against Ireland
![England must take advantage of the victory over France, after not being able to overcome Ireland last year](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/02/09/01/95014269-14376109-image-a-5_1739063105731.jpg)
England must take advantage of the victory over France, after not being able to overcome Ireland last year
The one who won the game at the last minute, finished by Elliot Daly, was the first class attack game under immense pressure. That is what we want to see from this team in England.
Congratulations to end Smith. In his first beginning of England, it was exceptional in No 10.
Before the game, he was convinced that he would have no problem in that initial role after his previous appearances came from the bank, because everything I have seen with Northampton suggests that he is a very quiet and phlegmatic player. And so, he demonstrated.
I don't think Marcus Smith had his best game that was transferred to return. A couple of kicks were also lost to the goal, which led to the end.
End Smith was immensely composed. That is for its eternal credit and it is a very promising signal for the advance of England.
I would maintain the Smith-Smith axis in its place now for Scotland in the third round because I think you can only improve from here and Marcus will certainly have better performances.
England hung very well, very good.
Sometimes you do your own luck and Borthwick and his players were probably due to a change of fortune. Another key point to mention is that by scoring four attempts, England recorded a victory of Bonus Point, which is not a feat against France.
![End Smith, making his first beginning for England, it was exceptional and immensely composed](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/02/08/23/95012611-14376109-image-a-25_1739057095264.jpg)
End Smith, making his first beginning for England, it was exceptional and immensely composed
![Marcus Smith did not have its best game in the full back, but England should keep this axis](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/02/08/23/95012601-14376109-image-a-26_1739057100381.jpg)
Marcus Smith did not have its best game in the full back, but England should keep this axis
Before this game, I talked about wanting to see England's positivity with the ball and an attack mentality to score.
France was always going to score at least 20 points because they are very good in the future. And although it is clear that they should have won due to the amount of opportunities they bombarded, England four attempts exceeded three.
The entire approach before the game was in Antoine Dupont and rightly because she is a fantastic player, without a doubt one of the best of all time and possibly the best.
But England reached him, even if it is only occasion. Even so, that was enough. In the end, France ended a little with Dupont in NO 10. France should and should be destroyed.
They have a truly great team, but now they have lost a quarter of the World Cup in their land since the favorite position and somehow devised to be defeated by England.
As a chief coach, Fabien Gallthie has to look at himself and his decision making. His replacements were throughout the store and his equipment was not clinical.
Smith finally directed, England was quite composed of the contrast.
Against Ireland, I thought Marcus Smith had too much on his plate. It was everywhere, appearing in Rucks, making cup and even being yellow.
![Smith end in the photo after Saturday's game posing for the photo with the parents Andrew and Judith](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/02/08/23/95012617-14376109-image-a-27_1739057117213.jpg)
Smith end in the photo after Saturday's game posing for the photo with the parents Andrew and Judith
![His kick assistance for Tommy Freeman's attempt was directly from the Northampton Saints Play Book](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/02/09/01/95014355-14376109-image-a-6_1739063506848.jpg)
His kick assistance for Tommy Freeman's attempt was directly from the Northampton Saints Play Book
![England arrived in Antoine Dupont, center, sometimes and France will destroy the loss](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/02/09/01/95014391-14376109-image-a-7_1739063621794.jpg)
England arrived in Antoine Dupont, center, sometimes and France will destroy the loss
![Captain Maro Itoje, in the photo, and Ben Earl were the two front of England to really highlight](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/02/09/01/95014413-14376109-image-a-8_1739063767023.jpg)
Captain Maro Itoje, in the photo, and Ben Earl were the two front of England to really highlight
End Smith looked at the mansion born in No 10. He simply made the basic concepts of the work of the fly very, very good and I thought that the use of his cross kicks was executed perfectly. That was summarized by Daly's attempt.
It is clear that End Smith and Tommy Freeman have a great connection as friends and teammates with Northampton and that was shown in this game.
END'S Kick Assist for Freeman went directly outside the Saints Play Book and a brilliant example of how simple an attack can be. Throughout the countryside there were great performances from England.
I thought about the strikers, Maro Itje and Ben Earl really stood out.
And in contrast to their close losses that have arrived in their last seven meetings with level one sides, England managed to close the game.
His bank had a strong impact and that was better summed up because of the fact that the two late attempts that won the game come from replacements in short Baxter and Daly.
Gallthie will wake up this morning with a strong headache and a lot of criticisms with which to deal with. Borthwick's first act will be pinching and seeing if he feels it.
Deep down, he will know that he and England played his free prison card and won. But Rugby test is a results business and England came out on the right side of the meeting.
Now, they must advance and capitalize, continuing with Smith and Smith as the sides' beats.