Punches flew and the crowd bayed for blood on that fevered day in Paris when England rode the storm to a famous victory
France v England in the quarter-finals of the 1991 Rugby World Cup wasn’t really rugby: it was an 80-minute history play, a piece of pure malevolent theatre.
Some might say that’s over the top. They might be right but they can always ask Will Carling, the England captain that fevered day. I did, via email.
Written by Martin Pengelly
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