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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sport
Nick Purewal

George Ford is finally 'the man' for England and will pull strings in Steve Borthwick's next phase

George Ford celebrated his 31st birthday in Saturday's Six Nations finale against France, but could have been forgiven for thinking all his Christmases had come at once.

The Sale fly-half has rediscovered his Test swagger, and will surely now lead England's backline for the summer tour to Japan and New Zealand.

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