Noon: Mike and I are no mere bangers
The centre of much debate mounts a spirited case for the defence and says better is to come
By Tim Glover, Rugby Union Correspondent
Published: 12 March 2006
It is not necessarily true that dog-owners tend to resemble their canine friends. Jamie Noon looks nothing like his pet loves, who happen to be a chihuahua and an English toy terrier. No, he is built more along the lines of a cross between a bulldog and a rottweiler as, coincidentally, is his England co-centre Mike Tindall.
In the post-mortem over England's failure to take control of the Six Nations, the spotlight centred on a back line who were almost force-fed possession against Scotland yet failed to cross the line in a resounding 18-12 defeat. More specifically, the consensus is that the Nos 12 and 13, Tindall and Noon, are peas from the same iPod and perform identical roles.
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