Who’s hot and who’s not: Chris Ashton’s feat, England’s Six Nations success and Spain’s World Cup axing
After making his Premiership debut in 2007 for Northampton, 15 years later Ashton has secured his place in the record books by overtaking Tom Varndell as the leading Premiership try-scorer with 95 five-pointers compared to the retired winger’s 92 which he was tied with prior to Saturday. Now playing for Leicester, the former England international broke the record after three minutes against Bristol Bears at Welford Road before adding two more later in the first half to strengthen his tally. This score could be even higher had Ashton not started his rugby career with two years at rugby league’s Wigan Warriors and spent a season with Toulon in France later in his career before joining Sale.
