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Agree to differ about how blatant the pens where. I also never said that England where dominant. I just said they thought more clearly than the Aussies. As an England that is such a massive positive to take out of the game.
Also not sure why Foley making his kicks would have resulted in more Aussie tries. Care to explain why?
How the 50-50 calls decided the first Test - and some reasons to be cheerful
Jeez you Aussies need to let this go. Fardy performed a minor miricale to get to the ball carrier in a maul that was advancing towards the Aussie line. He was then unable to keep his feet and went to ground the rest of the maul stayed up and could continue its advance. However once Fardy went off his feet he had to let go but choose not to. Given the blatant number of penalties conceded by the Aussies at this point he was lucky not to see yellow himself.
It was clear the Aussies had let England’s pressure get to them at that point. To be penalised for playing the ball on the floor in a maul was strong evidence that England where also thinking more clearly under pressure.
How the 50-50 calls decided the first Test - and some reasons to be cheerful
Hooper is great player but if the Aussie coaches play the same game of leaving him on the wing then they are taking a massive risk as they were comfortably second best in every area of forward play and they really need to compete with the English pack which prpbably performed below par yesterday.
However if Hooper is more involved in the forward battle then the Aussie tactic of going wide will not be as effective as Hooper was key to providing the extra width that England so struggled to deal with. Glad I don’t have to solve that conundrum.
Pocock ruled out of England Test series with fractured eye socket
Yeah completely agree the yellow was rubbish. There should have been at least 2. Straight after Duo’s England where driving a maul will multiple Aussie forwards pulling it down. Daddy should have gone as well.
Both teams have room for improvement next game. Aus have more potential for improvement but England’s lineout was below the standards they have been used to and the defence will be improved. If we get these right your very impressive backs will hopefully make less holes and have less opportunities to do so as England normally steal several lineouts.
Eddie Jones - genius or madman?
Fox Saker
There is no way Yarde will start ahead of Jack Nowell. If they are looking for bulk in the 3/4s Brown/Goode will miss out and Nowell or Wsatson will play full back. Nowell at the moment is playing at level Yarde can only dream of.
Something wicked this way comes, but who is this England?
This is a good article although it has not covered England’s weaknesses and there are several.
Despite dominating in terms of possession and territory in the 6Ns they did not score as many tries as they should. There are several reasons for it. When Owen Farrell plays at centre it although there are 2 play makers he keeps defences guessing as to what are plans are running passing or kicking and makes defending difficult. However as he is not a OC normally he does not effectively fix defenders before passing. This cause defenders to drift on Joesph at 13 giving him little space to work with.
Some England player’s are showing little signs of being able to adapt to a heads up rugby approach. Mike Brown in particular cost England at least 3 tries in the 6Ns against wales (2 chances) and France by not looking for support and then choosing the wrong option.
The forwards are big and strong and mobile they seem surprisingly unable to get mauls moving effectively they should be driving over from lineouts in the positions 22 regularly but I can’t remember them doing it at all in the 6Ns.
Both Youngs and Care need to up their games, England look a more organised side with better and more effective stragies when Youngs plays however he seems to really struggle to keep the tempo high and is often AWOL at rucks causing slow ball and turn over opportunities. He can also take age to move the ball from the ruck and often with inaccurate pass. Care on the hand is much sharper at the ruck but a much poorer kicker and England like to contest High balls as part of their 22 exit strategy. (Watson and Nowell make this a very dangerous tactic as both have spring heels and either pace to burn or are very elusive runners) Care also does not seem have Youings tactical nous either. England’s best scrum half is SA with their second team.
The most impressive thing about England is this team is young and will improve with more experience because these guys have rugby smarts that is not normally assciated with English players. These guys are young hungry and have a massive point to prove they will be the real deal in 2/3 years. I know many people are drawing parallels with England’d 2003 team don’t believe it. That teams was facing its last Hurrah this team will expect to carry on after the 2019 RWC.
Something wicked this way comes, but who is this England?
England only had ball for approx 32% of the game and still scored 3 tries. I know it is tempting but write Englands backs of at your peril Watson Nowell and Joesph don’t miss many chances.
How the 50-50 calls decided the first Test - and some reasons to be cheerful