'bielle-biarrey's Pace Spooked Me' - Chessum On Intercept Try Finish

England backmost statement Ollie Chessum says nan fearfulness of being chased down by Louis Bielle-Biarrey, France's free-scoring, high-speed wing, spooked him arsenic he went successful for a 60m intercept effort successful England's 48-46 Six Nations conclusion connected Saturday.

Chessum, who scored 2 tries, group up a 3rd and was England's prima performer successful Paris, admitted he had "copped a batch of stick" for not scoring person to nan posts arsenic he ran successful unopposed successful nan 51st minute.

Fly-half Fin Smith missed nan consequent conversion from retired adjacent nan left-hand 10m statement and England yet came up conscionable short successful a 94-point epic.

"I was adamant that location was a reddish scrum retired lurking successful nan inheritance that was going to bring maine down," said Chessum.

"So I conscionable pinned my ears backmost and hoped that no-one managed to drawback connected to my coattails and bring maine to nan floor.

"I've copped a batch of stick, I think, for not heading toward nan posts. My brother's sent maine a fewer things, but it was unfamiliar territory for maine to beryllium successful a line-break business for illustration that.

"I'm judge Fin would person thanked maine for it being a spot closer, but I can't move backmost nan timepiece now."

Bielle-Biarrey, who scored 4 tries successful France's win, was successful adjacent attendance arsenic Chessum picked disconnected Matthieu Jalibert's walk connected his ain 10m line, but neither he, Jalibert aliases full-back Thomas Ramos could tun and drawback nan Leicester man earlier nan line.

Chessum's people came arsenic nary astonishment to Tigers' coach Geoff Parling, who revealed that nan 25-year-old's apical sprint velocity has been clocked astatine 9.3 metres per second.

"As soon arsenic he sewage nan intercept I knew he was going to people because I cognize really accelerated he is," said Parling.

"He moves very good for a large man.

"I thought he was exceptional against France – he kept trying to thrust nan squad guardant and that is what he does for america too."

Chessum said England's final-round show was an betterment but could not disguise a miserable Six Nations run that returned only 1 triumph from 5 matches and led to a fifth-place finish.

"It was a frustrating fewer weeks, there's nary hiding nan disappointment and frustration," he said.

"For nan mediate of those 3 weeks [defeats against Scotland, Ireland and Italy], we were obscurity adjacent wherever we wanted to beryllium and that shows successful nan table.

"I don't cognize astir it being a standard-setter, but I deliberation [the France performance] conscionable felt much for illustration america and nan measurement we wanted to play.

"It felt for illustration nan measurement we person played for nan mostly of past year.

"I suppose, from our perspective, we'd want to effort and vessel that emotion arsenic overmuch arsenic possible."

Chessum landed backmost astatine London Heathrow from Paris connected Sunday lunchtime and he and Leicester team-mate Jack van Poortvliet took a taxi consecutive to Mattioli Woods Welford Road to drawback nan extremity of Tigers' 66-14 triumph complete Leicester successful nan Prem Rugby Cup final.