England have flown out of the blocks of their opening two video games of the autumn towards New Zealand and Australia – however they’re like Jekyll and Hyde.
I would like them to again themselves for 80 minutes.
There are elements of their sport I’m sad with, however they’re additionally enjoying some actually good things.
You may inform they ready very effectively for Saturday’s sport by the way in which they began and broke the Wallabies down. I can’t fault their endeavour, creativity and spirit, nevertheless it was Australia who got here out on prime in winning 42-37.
For some purpose, one in every of England’s defaults when they’re forward and answerable for a sport is to try to shut it down with a really adverse type of kicking.
That isn’t going to permit them to win video games towards prime opposition. It hasn’t occurred as soon as, or twice; it’s relentless.
Except it’s hammering it down and the match is a correct arm-wrestle – like towards South Africa within the rain in final 12 months’s World Cup semi-final in Paris – it won’t be ok to win these video games.
England come unstuck after they return to their offensive box-kicking moderately than enjoying in a approach that bought them into that main place. I discover it odd.
Everybody modifications how they play rugby relying on the rating, the clock, the referee and the gamers at their disposal.
However England have continued to be in good positions with 15 males on the sphere and squander it by going to this low-risk rugby, which kills their momentum and provides the opposition a breather and a chance to counter-attack.
I’m guessing it’s a statistical methodology of teaching.
Coach Steve Borthwick appears to assume it will improve the variety of occasions you’re going to get the ball again. However keep in mind you could have the ball within the first place, and you’ve got strain and nice gamers.
England are giving that away in return for the bounce of the ball, or a penalty they will capitalise on.
