Ollie Chisum: Bill Peare’s pace in the Six Nations final scared me

England back-row Ollie Chisum says the fear of being chased down by Louis-Bel-Billard, the high-speed free-scoring French winger, terrified him when he went in for a 60-metre interception. Defeat England 48-46 in the Six Nations on Saturday.

Chisom, who scored two tries, set up a third and was England’s star player in Paris, admitted he “faced a lot of stick” for not scoring goals closer to the posts when he ran unchallenged in the 51st minute.

Fly-half Fin Smith missed the subsequent conversion from the outside off near the left 10 meter line and England eventually came out short in a 94-point odyssey.

“I was adamant there was a red mob lurking in the background that was going to take me down,” Chisum said.

“So I pinned my ears back and hoped no one could catch my tails and drop me to the ground.

“I think I had a lot of difficulties, because I didn’t go towards the posts. My brother sent me some stuff, but it was unfamiliar territory for me to be in a playoff situation like that.

“I’m sure Finn would have thanked me for being a little closer, but I can’t turn back the clock now.”

Billy Piari, who scored four tries in France’s win, was on hand when Chissom picked out Mathieu Jalibert’s pass on his own 10-metre line, but neither he nor Jalibert or full-back Thomas Ramos were able to set the Leicester player down and catch him before the goal line.

Chisum’s result came as no surprise to Tigers coach Geoff Barling, who revealed that the 25-year-old’s top speed is 9.3 meters per second.

“As soon as he made the interception, I knew he was going to score because I know how fast he is,” Barling said.

“He moves very well for a big guy.

“I thought he was exceptional against France, he kept trying to push the team forward and that’s what he’s doing for us as well.”

Chisum said England’s performance in the final round was an improvement but it could not mask a miserable Six Nations campaign that returned just one win from five matches and led to a fifth-place finish.

“It’s been a frustrating few weeks, and the disappointment and frustration can’t be hidden,” he said.

“In the middle of those three weeks [defeats against Scotland, Ireland and Italy]We were not close to where we wanted to be and it shows in the schedule.

“I don’t know about it being a standard, but I guess [the France performance] It felt like more like us and the way we wanted to play.

“I felt the way we played for most of last year.

“I suppose, from our perspective, we want to try to suppress that feeling as much as possible.”

Chisom returned to London Heathrow Airport from Paris on Sunday lunchtime, and he and Leicester team-mate Jack van Poortvliet took a direct taxi to Mattioli Woods Welford Road to celebrate the end of the Tigers’ 66-14 win over Leicester in the Prem Rugby Cup final.