Try of the week

Mike Catt and Austin Healey's intuitive teamwork provided one of the most memorable - and cheekiest - tries of this year's Six Nations championship.

It is not enough any more, it seems, for England to trot out and put a minimum of 40-odd points on their opponents.

England's performance against France on Saturday had a new ingredient - what could perhaps best be described as 'gallic flair'.

With the match more-or-less in the bag after a slightly sluggish first half, England were able to add a flourish or two. And none more audacious than one particular late try.

In the 76th minute, with England's lead stretched to 34-19, the ball was on the floor in loose play just eight metres away from the French line.

Mike Catt: "Something like that, you mean?"

Martin Corry and prop Jason Leonard made the ball available for wing Austin Healey to gather.

And without so much as looking up or making eye contact, Healey chipped the ball backwards over his own head.

The perfectly-weighted kick bounced behind the French posts, chased by five blue shirts and the single white shirt of centre Mike Catt.

Catt had read Healey's mind with precision, and was the first to the ball, with a couple of metres to spare.

With touchdown complete and the try given, Catt's celebrations resembled an animated Haka. And well they might.