The debate over favourites and underdogs before a big sporting contest has become cliched but that s because it can be vitally important how you position yourself psychologically.
It s all about mindset and how to handle expectation and pressure which is why, despite an extremely poor Six Nations thus far, I m tipping England to beat France by the narrowest margin on Saturday. And if England can pull that off, it should be a matter for both celebration and inquest!
England under Eddie Jones have never been happy with being favourites. They much prefer to come in as underdogs when the consequences of losing are not so serious. This is possibly endemic in British sport. Only a few stellar individuals and teams thrive on being favourites.
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