Yes, in the last season or so, the English teams don’t look as good as a couple of seasons back. Leinster/Ireland aside, and even then only the scale of the victory was a surprise, were any of the opening weekend results that much of a shock? Bath should’ve won and would have but for Burns, Exeter v Munster was played in ludicrous conditions. Gloucester could do anything from do well to bomb and Sarries will be there or there abouts.
Don’t get me wrong, all is not rosy but all that article does is sling mud and, in typical English rugby journo style, royally put the boot in. And anyway, the opening weekend isn’t even over yet.