Andy Goode is still not an international fly-half despite good moments against Italy accorsing to Mark Reason in the Sunday Telegraph.
"Andy Goode is a curiously shaped bloke, more hobbit from the shires than aerodynamic England fly-half for the modern age. The gloves did nothing to lessen the image. For a moment you wondered if Goode had left his bobble hat on the hook in the changing room. But then, for two glorious minutes, Goode played like the king of the world. His opening kick-off was perfect, something of a rarity in recent England history. The eggman then had the temerity to win a line-out. OK, so it was a terrible Italian throw, but Goode still had the wit to sneak up and snaffle the ball. And it was from that stolen possession that Goode himself scored the opening try with barely 60 seconds on the clock.
"Was this really the same bloke who once looked like a poor man's Rob Andrew. That isn't faint praise, that is no praise, because Andrew himself wasn't exactly a master of versatility. Goode in the past has been more labourer than craftsman. But here he was spotting a flat Italian defence, nudging a kick into space and then outrunning the Azurri full-back for the try. England's fly-half was suddenly looking like a Goode thing."
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