Wow, what a momentous Saturday of rugby that was! England's push for the try line in the dying minutes of the second half was right in front of me in the north west corner of the pitch. The noise from the fans was incredible - I've been shooting at Twickenham for 7 years now and I've never heard anything like it. It was a bellowing roar like an airliner landing right on top of you. Amazing.England, needing a converted try to win the 6-Nations championship, had a 14-man shove on and the French were going backwards until Nigel Owens spotted something untoward and awarded a penalty to France. That was it - game over. The massive effort from the England team showed as the ball went out of play and the game ended - complete exhaustion. They had played themselves into the ground to end up with a faintly ridiculous score of 55-35.As usual, click a picture for the whole gallery.Shooting for sports specialists Focus Images again, the day began early with a trip to Waterloo Station to shoot some promotional pictures for O2. I was using the Sony A7R and 16-35mm lens for this - a very nice combo for lightweight reportage-like photography. At the 16mm end it's lovely and wide, and the lens itself is very good quality indeed. The slow frame rate of the A7R is a bit of a drawback compared to the machine-gun capabilities of the Canon 1D series, but makes up for it in lightness and handling.Then back on the motorbike again for the trip over to Twickenham, arriving 4 hours ahead of kick off to cover more sponsorship-related activity both inside and outside the stadium. Working with the great Eddie Keogh again, we found ourselves bumping into each other as we homed in on interesting-looking fans in the west car park "fan village". The was a massive screen in the car park showing the Wales and Ireland games so the whole place was mobbed.With a load of pictures in the bag for O2 to use on their Twitter and Instagram feeds, it was time to catch up on the scores from the previous two matches and get prepped for the match itself. The Wales and Ireland scores seemed quite ridiculous - England now needed to win by 26 points to win the championship. A tall order on any day, and France are by no means a pushover.From a photography perspective, it was the same as pretty much any other match - 400 2.8 on one body and 70-200 2.8 on the other, and the A7R with 16-35 for extra-wide just in case, laptop ready, card reader, and at least 3 types of comms to upload. I have been having a problem with comms at Twickenham for the last couple of games, and managed to narrow it down to my FTP program having TLS (transport layer security) switched on. This seemed to be scuppering all chances of connecting reliably over a weak 4G signal. Once I'd turned it off my pictures flew up the virtual line, so it looks like TLS, when the connection isn't too reliable, is problematic.Onto the game. England scored almost immediately. Blimey! At this rate they could easily clear the 26 point gap. Then France scored. Then England scored. Then France scored. It was a crazy game of rugby, with England finishing the half 27-15 ahead and starting to look good.The second half was just as crazy, with action and pictures everywhere. I tried to get as many happy & sad shots of Robshaw as possible as his reaction was going to be a key picture whatever the outcome of the match. As I said at the top of this post, the final few minutes was amazing. The crowd, who had been a bit down as France racked up the points, suddenly started to believe that England could do it. In a way it's a shame that such an excellent 20-point win over France, played in such a thrilling way, should be disappointing, as on any other day it would be a cause for celebration. But the Championship slipped away with Nigel Owen's whistle.All-in-all, an epic Saturday of rugby the like of which I've never seen before. Everyone, whoever they were supported, loved the whole day. Now if only the world cup can be as exciting!