SCOTLAND defence guru Graham Steadman hopes arrogant England star Chris Ashton is swallowing some pride instead of doing
swallow dives in Sunday's Calcutta Cup clash.
The scene is Reid's Palace, on the island of Madeira, the ocean the Atlantic, and ladies as bold as Prudence can perform that same
swallow dive today.
X-Factor * ASHTON has embodied the emergence of an increasingly bold English approach and his famous
swallow dive has added to his box-office appeal.
A Chris Ashton
swallow dive is a great tonic for flagging spirits
FLYING HIGH: England star Chris Ashton shows off his infamous
swallow dive13 CHRIS ASHTON admitted he could not resist risking the wrath of coach Martin Johnson by celebrating two of his four tries with a
swallow dive as England crushed Italy 59-13 at Twickenham.
At the heart of it was fly-half Danny Cipriani, who scored 19 points, including his first try for his country which he celebrated with a typically flamboyant
swallow dive.
That was nothing though to the
swallow dive that Wigan's Palacios did to win his side a penalty last Sunday.
Laney continues to attract controversy and even his
swallow dive for his try on Saturday caused some jeering from the Murrayfield crowd.
If he'd have hammed anything quite as unconvincing as Saturday's
swallow dive on the set of a Charlie Chaplin film at Sennett Studios 60 years ago, he'd have been ordered to do a retake.
Moyes and Suarez have not always seen eye-to-eye, with the Scot accusing the striker of being a diver last season and the Liverpool man responding with a
swallow dive in front of the Everton dug-out when he found the net in last season's derby.
All eyes were on winger Chris Ashton, scorer of four tries against Italy last time out, but it was his Northampton teammate, full-back Ben Foden, who grabbed the only try of the match, much to the relief of bookmakers who had seen big money for Ashton to score again and celebrate with his nowtrademark
swallow dive.
