England flyhalf George Ford.
England flyhalf George Ford was six years old when Jannie de Deer drop-goaled a much-fancied England side out of the 1999 Rugby World Cup quarterfinals.
However, in Saturday’s 27-10 against Argentina at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille, he delivered drop-kicking masterclass of his own in a win that displayed the virtues of being clear-headed under pressure, while flirting with challenging De Beer’s five drop kicks with three of his own.
Ford took in the bellicose and raucous 63 118-strong crowd in Marseille and made them eat from his hand, turning coal into diamonds in a pressure cooker that could’ve gone either way.
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