MAYBE it is all some elaborate ploy and England are hiding their Rugby World Cup cards up their sleeves.
Could their historic 30-22 home loss to Fiji on Saturday - on the face of it a total calamity - be a giant rope-a-dope trick on their opening group opponents Argentina?
Is plodding Steve Borthwick - the head coach who has presided over five defeats in his last six matches in charge - in reality the Great Mysterio, conjurer supreme? Don't hold your breath.
England depart for France on Thursday in a shocking state of disrepair and at serious risk of failing to make the knockout stage at a World Cup for only the second time. And this despite the fact they are in the weakest group.
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BRIT SMASHERS CAN DO NO WRONG
EMMA RADUCANU and Katie Boulter blew away defending champions Canada to help Great Britain reach the Billie Jean King Cup semi-finals.
Hit for six
Matching Seve's total leaves Rory emotional
ALL CUT UP
Billam-Smith is bloody marvellous in defeat
MARO NO!
Itoje says boss does not deserve Borth barrels
Francais festive woe
FLOP'S KING GEORGE DOUBT
Soaps a lifetime of Riley
DALE TO LAST INTO THE '40s
Rocks race row
'GEOLOGY LINKED TO WHITE SUPREMACY'
MO-MENTUM
Olympic hero chases down van pair who nicked phone
Car boot murder: Cops hunt hubby
POLICE suspect a woman found dead in a car boot was killed by her husband who has since fled the UK.
Even Fido thinks you're a wazzock
DOGS TAKE SIDES IN FAMILY BUST-UPS
