'A year ago I was out in the cold'

The flanker Tom Wood was sidelined for eight months and unsure about his future. Now he is an integral part of a humble team that bristles with belief It does not take long, in the company of Tom Wood, to understand why England followed their unexpected defeat of New Zealand in the autumn with a similarly assured victory over Scotland on Saturday. In the same way it's easy to realise that the composed pragmatism of Wood will be vital as England travel to Ireland for, potentially, the decisive ga...