England`s Lewis Ludlam: `We are always hunting other teams down`
(The Guardian Sports News)

All-action back row is learning how to control his intense passion and targeting a Six Nations-defining win over IrelandLewis Ludlam is nothing if not passionate. Whether you consider his military metaphors before England´s Calcutta Cup victory to be inappropriate or innocuous, malice was not his motivation. Rather, Ludlam wears his heart on his sleeve, belting out the national anthem and, as he admits, buzzing with excitement the moment he learns he has made the starting lineup.If the backlash against his comments was part of his learning curve off the field, he continues his swift progress on it. Against Scotland Ludlam made only his fourth England start and his first in the Six Nations, but he made his considerable presence felt in a callow back-row alongside the 23-year-old Sam Underhill and Tom Curry, 21. They combined to get the edge at the breakdown and ultimately get England´s Six Nations campaign back on track. Continue reading...