It probably comes as little surprise that Owen Farrell is not entirely comfortable discussing the fact he is set to overtake Jonny Wilkinson as England’s highest ever points scorer on Saturday but thankfully George Ford is happy to step in. On the field, Steve Borthwick is pinning his hopes on the pair reprising their 10-12 axis for the first time in two and a half years and off it, the signs are good.
“He’s chasing down probably the best English 10 in history and he’s probably one kick away [Farrell needs two more points] from surpassing that, which is incredible from Owen’s point of view,” says Ford. “Owen will say himself that he doesn’t play the game to break records like that, he plays the game to do the best thing for the team but because he’s done the best thing for the team over that period of time he’s going to do something special over the weekend.”
