Irish playwright Oscar Wilde once remarked “sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence”, the mind’s natural defence against stupidity. Only half an hour into the match between England and Ireland last Saturday, home supporters were cheering uproariously when George Ford finally managed to find touch from a penalty kick.
Ten minutes before the end of the game, they were streaming down the aisles in their hundreds, looking get an early jump on the evening traffic down the Chertsey Road. It was a very English way to vent frustration. A chortle of sarcasm, then vote with your feet. No point in lodging an official complaint. Nudge nudge, wink wink, take the hint Steve Borthwick.
Sporting memories have grown increasingly short with the passage of time. It is only three months and four games ago Ford was the cool coastguard, racing to the rescue with two dropped goals when England threatened a first-half subsidence against the All Blacks. On Saturday afternoon at Allianz Stadium, he was less of a lifesaver and more the man in need of a lifebelt after those two missed touches. Not waving, but drowning.
George Ford endured a frustrating day as England were hammered at home by Ireland (Photo by Dan Mullan – RFU/The RFU Collection via Getty Images)
Ford is a cap centurion who has proudly represented the red rose for over a decade. As his skipper Maro Itoje observed after the game: “George is a fantastic player. He’s a player I deeply admire. He’s the player who’s delivered for England time and time and time again, and he’s had a huge amount of success in his career, and he will continue to have a huge amount of success in his career with this team and all of the teams he represents.”
Itoje was right absolutely right in the first part of his comment but veered off the road somewhat in the second. One disaster may not define a glittering playing career, but it does signpost the direction this England team needs to take next.
There can be no more doubt now Borthwick has reached his very own ‘Rassie’ moment. Wind the clock back for a moment, all the way to September 2025. South Africa had lost two of their first three matches at the Rugby Championship, and their hopes of retaining the title they had won the year before looked slim indeed. The Springboks were marooned in hostile territory in the middle of New Zealand, and their most ancient rivals were scenting blood in the water. It was not a pretty picture.
Springbok supremo Rassie Erasmus responded by making one of the most significant and gutsy calls of his coaching career. He ripped up the script which had won consecutive World Cups and dropped Handre Pollard and Willie le Roux from the decision-making axis of the team. He dumped 24 combined years of experience, and nearly 200 caps of tactical ‘brains trust’, in the bin.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has been backed to spearhead a new-look Springbok attack with stunning dividends (Photo Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images)
The keys to the kingdom were entrusted to a new generation, to three twenty-somethings in Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Manie Libbok and Damian Willemse. South Africa won the second game against the All Blacks by 43-10, and they have not looked back since.
Now the big Cumbrian has to show the same cojones as Erasmus. Over the first two rounds of the Six Nations, England kicked for more metres than other side – a massive 2,025m. Individually, Ford topped the charts with 34 kicks for 1261m. On Saturday, Borthwick decided an England backline run by two current or ex-Leicester men [Ford and full-back Freddie Steward] could run and pass rather better than they could kick the pill. The outcome was the men in white only put boot to ball on 18 occasions, for 373m. On any given Sunday, Ford would not get out of bed for numbers like those.
The state of confusion was underlined when Steward returned from the sin bin late on in the first half, only to be replaced by Marcus Smith three minutes later. Ford had already missed his two penalty kicks to touch, and muffed two other clear scoring opportunities by the time Smith arrived on the field. A like-for-like substitution, with one 10 replacing another, looked much the more natural course.
The first clip is an example of a poorly-weighted pass, but in the second Ford does the unforgivable, eating the space which properly belongs to Henry Arundell outside him. If you really want Arundell to show his finishing wares, and confirm the brilliant comets of attacking promise he trailed as a teenager, give him the ball early, give it to him in space and support the man.
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has already heeded the warning lights which flashed bright red in the first-round loss to France, now it is Borthwick’s turn to do the same. Where Ireland had no kick or turnover returns by hand worthy of the name for the first 50 minutes against France, they established five major platforms from similar situations against England in the opening period, converting all into line-breaks, and three of those into tries. It was like watching a rerun of the same game two years ago, but with colours reversed.
Ireland are hinting the rate of a rebuild with new blood can progress as, or more quickly than the speed at which their senior group of players are deteriorating. They caused the upset I was predicting in at least one of their key away matches, at either Stade de France or Twickenham. They fell in Paris but rose again in England.
Big Ulsterman Stuart McCloskey did a more than passable impersonation of Andre ‘the Giant’ Esterhuizen in West London, and he started by proving he could bully Ford down the defensive 10 channel.
After a lineout turnover by Joe McCarthy, McCloskey tows Ford along effortlessly in his wake for five metres or so before turning to unload the ball to Jamison Gibson-Park straight up the middle.
He was the dominant carrying presence on either side, with five defenders beaten, two line-break assists and one clean bust asterisking his contribution on attack. A mind-bending 55 of his 56 carrying metres came either in, or after contact had been made with an England defender.
In both instances the man victimised is Bath’s Ollie Lawrence, who looked short of a gallop in the key battle between the two power centres [one wearing 12 and the other donning 13 on his back] on the day.
On this occasion Jamie Osborne dominates Ford in the aerial battle, Caelan Doris makes the initial bust and McCloskey runs straight through both English centres close to the England goal-line. Lawrence got no change out of the Bangor man when he had the ball either.
The Queen’s University alumnus was enjoying himself so much he even had the energy to run down Smith in the 73rd minute after spotting him a five-metre start. It was McCloskey’s best performance in a green jersey, and Farrell’s fists pumped and his face hardened in evident satisfaction as the Harlequins magician was rag-dolled into touch. That action told the tale of the game as eloquently as any words.
Farrell had his Damascene moment in the traumatic loss in France. He realised Ireland were not playing any rugby in the scenarios that really mattered, and a tentative rebuild began one week later against Italy. It reached a sensational climax in the 42-21 rout of England on their own patch. ‘Traumatic’ can be turned to ‘transformational’ in the right pair of hands.
That coaching parcel has now been passed on to his immediate opponent on Saturday. Will Borthwick know what to do with it? His comments after the match suggested not, but a two-week break between the third and fourth rounds will offer ample time for reconsideration.
“I think George is doing so much good for England and has done for a long period of time and particularly the last spell,” Borthwick said. “I think the way [he] played in the autumn was outstanding, and I think two weeks ago he played really well here against Wales.
“I know you want to talk about individuals, but the team, it’s all of us today. Like last week, we didn’t find a way to get the result we wanted, but that’s all of our responsibility.
“I think Fin Smith is an excellent player, as is Marcus Smith, and we have some very good players and options in that position and in the 15 position also.”
A Six Nations title, and Borthwick’s avowed pre-tournament aim that “on 14 March in Paris, we want to be in a position where we can achieve what we’re all aiming to achieve” may now be out of reach, but the game against France still looms as a decisive moment in the development of Borthwick’s England. The light of the Saints is still shining, the moment of revelation is at hand but there may be more pricks than kicks before it is received, and fully understood. Nudge nudge, wink wink, Steve.
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frandinand 44 days ago
Do you really believe that when Eddie was appointed Wallabies coach and spouted all that nonsense he was coached to say it.
I don't think anyone could coach Eddie on what to say. The man has always had verbal diarrhoea.
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PMcD 44 days ago
I’m not sure if he is heavy enough for International hooker with the way ENG are heading.
I think he’s 105 KG (from memory), so could probably do with another 5KG but Tuipulotu is up at 118 KG, which is more of a Malcolm Marx type of weight and has that extra impact in the carry.
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NB 44 days ago
Don’t forget Curtis Langdon out injured long term.
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PMcD 45 days ago
Yes, this is where Barbeary created the gap in the pathway, as I suspect this would be his time to come through at hooker and the other players at this stage didn’t really advance/accelerate during the Covid years, so looks like they are pushing the youngsters through.
With Oghre, Tuipulotu, Wright & Jibulu coming through they have some serious talent coming through at hooker.
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NB 45 days ago
I’ve seen at first hand how intensely ‘coached’ rugby coaches are in media speak nowadays, so yes it’s possible it ahppened the way Eddie described it.
If you want to sell me that bridge I’ll have to research you first ofc. Deeply🤣
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PMcD 46 days ago
I thought Papali’i would be part of the solution for the new coach, maybe not as a starter but a potential option for the bench . . . . but obviously the French news changed all that.
It’s a shame as I always thought he was a good player but I am not sure if you ever saw the very best of him in an AB shirt.
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SB 46 days ago
Yea I agree. You want Ardie carrying as much as possible. I was advocating for Papali’i Lakai Savea or Parker Papali’i Savea but obviously we never saw that. Lio-Willie has started the Super Rugby season a bit off form, not sure why.
Yep. Imagine the reaction if the French without the finalists win that first game!
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frandinand 46 days ago
It sounds as if Eddie is recounting his most recent coaching experience in Australia. He promised to win the Rugby Championship,the Bledisloe and the RWC. And we all know how that turned out.
Obviously he wants us to believe that all the bullshit he spouted to us was not what he believed but what the PR people told him to say.
If you believe that I have a bridge I can sell you.
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PMcD 46 days ago
Was that the 1st ever Calcutta Cup Ed?
🤣🤣🤣
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NB 46 days ago
Just what Eddie said… The PR agencies have a big role behind the scenes.
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Ed the Duck 47 days ago
Yes, quite!
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SB 47 days ago
You compare that with Galthie’s words when asked about the grand slam. It’s chalk and Roquefort.
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frandinand 47 days ago
HMMMM.
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frandinand 47 days ago
And also one would wonder why the RFU would
want to encourage fans to go to Paris where the French get the gate receipts and it will be a sell out anyway.
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Bob Salad II 47 days ago
Thanks @PMcD.
Yeah, lots to think about. On Dan and Oghre, they seem pretty similar players on the face of it, esp. in the loose, but arrows (rightly) at test level seems to be the must have quality. That said, Oghre has been on the fringes, so my gut feeling is we may seem him. It does seem hooker is a bit of a crisis position atm.
You make a good point signposting the Ford/Steward relationship to the kicking game, which given it now seems to have been neutralized, it does then beg the question a change at 10/15 must be made.
And yes; completely agree, this fallow week is more about the coaching ticket with selection following from that. If the kicking is being dialed back - and against Ireland the evidence suggests it is, then you’d assume a new attack strategy is needed, which must mean selection changes, definitely at 15 and likely at 10. Back row is also pegged to that I would assume and I can see Fisilau getting a bench spot. Maybe as you were for the rest of the team although, I’m not sure about Curry.
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PMcD 47 days ago
To be honest, they have actually made a number of weird coaching appointments since Gustard.
Let’s hope they find their JvG/Cheika type solution and get things moving forward again.
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PMcD 47 days ago
I would stop all that guff . . . Unless they win their last match by a 10 point margin of victory. Then you have earned the right to be happy clappy until your next result. 🤣🤣
“Earn the right on 3 . . . . 1,2,3” 🤣🤣
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NB 47 days ago
Can you imagine it? Would love to be a fly on the wall at the Stoop committee meetings!
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John Breslin 47 days ago
I know a fab spot in Dublin 4 for the organic porridge oats!
I can get Tobias to drop me over in the Audi and pick some up. Just say
It has the makings of a very good, tight game. All test matches should be one score games these days, I hate the blow-outs. You want it all in the balance going down the last stretch
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Ed the Duck 47 days ago
Seriously! You’re saying that Borthwick was given his lines and was daft enough to blindly accept??? 🤣🤣🤣
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NB 47 days ago
Okay I found the comment, I thought Eddie Jones response was pretty accurate:
“Steve is the most pragmatic and intelligent coach you could meet, but to look ahead for any team is fraught with danger. We all know that.
“But sometimes the pressure comes so that the union, the RFU, wants to hear more. They want to entice the fans because they’re all hungry for money so they want fans support.
“So be bold, come out – someone has told him to do that.”
Sounds more like a PR misjudgment than arrogance to me.
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Ed the Duck 47 days ago
I see what you did there, nearly made me choke on my coffee, sorry I meant my DoR pistachio velvet oat latte! 😂
Pressure big on both teams, gonna be a cracker however it plays out. Have a feeling SB might revert to type, stick with GF and kick the ass off the ball again. Probably depends on how secure he feels in his chair. Cant really blame him if he does but he’d just be delaying the inevitable and he has to engineer an ability to switch gameplan as required at some stage in that team.
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John Breslin 47 days ago
Agree. It’s understandable the headlines will be around England and ‘will they/can they’ turn it around. It’s also a huge chance for Italy and a big test of their bottle. They should be going into this backing themselves to win at home
Nobody wants a draw so you should be calling this one, Ed - “Statement win inbound” is bulletproof really as it would cover either result!
Winner, winner chicken dinner
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Ed the Duck 47 days ago
😂
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Ed the Duck 47 days ago
It’s already there, never has an Eng/Ita game been so desperately needed to be a win for England! Would have been seen as an upset previously but atm an Italy win is almost half expected.
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NB 47 days ago
Bored you may be but the stats back me up.
You are trying to pretend that the French front five, or the forwards as a whole did not get dominated by a Bok pack with one hand tied behind its back for 40 minutes. So you give the likes of Meafou and Flament honourable exemptions they did not deserve on the day.
- Forward pens conceded : FRA 10, SA 5
- Scrum pens conceded : FRA 3 SA 1
- SA lineout : 100%
- Gain-line success : FRA 54%, SA 67%
- BD pilfers : FRA 2 SA 3
- Post contact metres : FRA 177, SA 210m
- Dominant ball carries : FRA 27%, SA 47%
I cannot find one category which analysts use to establish physical superiority where France were the equal of SA. Those are the facts.
Now does that make Meafou and Flament bad players? No. But their lack of success in that game very obviously gave Fabien Galthie food for thought around the ultimate aim of how to beat South Africa in future.
The combo of Guillard and Ollivon was a great success against Ireland and Wales and fits the way Galthie wants France to improve in future, with that aim in mind. So when they play SA next, I doubt we’ll see Meafou starting, but on the bench.
Ollivon/Flament I don’t know. but right now I’d have Ollivon, hands down.
So that is just a brief sample of how an analyst would approach that match objectively - without any ‘skin in the game’!
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frandinand 48 days ago
I well remember the comment of a fellow team member who said I hate Wales. My response was what’s wrong with Wales.
He responded I have to go through England to get there.
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frandinand 48 days ago
Ingrained in the memory of every true Scot.
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John Breslin 48 days ago
Dude!!! Yes! Got ya.
That big old penny has finally dropped.
Jesus, Italy have a functioning scrum. How bad could it get?
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Ed the Duck 48 days ago
Bit before my time…
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cw 48 days ago
Its hard to keep up with the speed at which 6N teams go from hero to zero and zero to hero, and back again. Is this really Borthwick’s Rassie moment? I thought that happened when he went with a high intensity 5x7 defensive platform with a 6-2 impact bench, a useful pack and a 10 that can control the pace of the game. 11 Ws in row followed. What we have seen it seems to me is a fatal (but fixable) flaw in the game plan - it does not work with a player down - the high intensity in defence hollows out, and attacking structures falter as the “go to” kick option becomes less effective especially if the wide receivers are carded, as happened in both games. Confidence drops and intensity with it. It seems to me Borthwick needs to prepare his team for this or better still stop the stupid cards. Perhaps Ford is too limited in his skill set. But the ability to control the pace has to be the key criterion for selection not SFM razzle. The system wont work at all without it.
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NB 47 days ago
Its hard to keep up with the speed at which 6N teams go from hero to zero and zero to hero, and back again.
Too true CW. Look at Ire, everyone writing them off after France as featherdusters and now proud roosters again!
I guess the word we cd use is cohesion. Eng’s cohesion on attack has been breaking down too easily when they don’t win high ball. So how can it be restored? Picking Fin Smith and three or four other Northampton backs is one solution. Picking better aerial wings is another.
As you imply there does seem something slightly amiss ‘under the covers’ in the psyche of the team when Maro is poorly [as he clearly is right now] and Jamie starts on the bench. The other leaders are not that obvious atm.
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frandinand 48 days ago
Thanks Ed. As far as England was concerned there was an air of inevitability about it. And that is arrogance. Its let them down before and it will let them down again.
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Do you really believe that when Eddie was appointed Wallabies coach and spouted all that nonsense he was coached to say it.
I don't think anyone could coach Eddie on what to say. The man has always had verbal diarrhoea.
I’m not sure if he is heavy enough for International hooker with the way ENG are heading.
I think he’s 105 KG (from memory), so could probably do with another 5KG but Tuipulotu is up at 118 KG, which is more of a Malcolm Marx type of weight and has that extra impact in the carry.
Don’t forget Curtis Langdon out injured long term.
Yes, this is where Barbeary created the gap in the pathway, as I suspect this would be his time to come through at hooker and the other players at this stage didn’t really advance/accelerate during the Covid years, so looks like they are pushing the youngsters through.
With Oghre, Tuipulotu, Wright & Jibulu coming through they have some serious talent coming through at hooker.
I’ve seen at first hand how intensely ‘coached’ rugby coaches are in media speak nowadays, so yes it’s possible it ahppened the way Eddie described it.
If you want to sell me that bridge I’ll have to research you first ofc. Deeply🤣
I thought Papali’i would be part of the solution for the new coach, maybe not as a starter but a potential option for the bench . . . . but obviously the French news changed all that.
It’s a shame as I always thought he was a good player but I am not sure if you ever saw the very best of him in an AB shirt.
Yea I agree. You want Ardie carrying as much as possible. I was advocating for Papali’i Lakai Savea or Parker Papali’i Savea but obviously we never saw that. Lio-Willie has started the Super Rugby season a bit off form, not sure why.
Yep. Imagine the reaction if the French without the finalists win that first game!
It sounds as if Eddie is recounting his most recent coaching experience in Australia. He promised to win the Rugby Championship,the Bledisloe and the RWC. And we all know how that turned out.
Obviously he wants us to believe that all the bullshit he spouted to us was not what he believed but what the PR people told him to say.
If you believe that I have a bridge I can sell you.
Was that the 1st ever Calcutta Cup Ed?
🤣🤣🤣
Just what Eddie said… The PR agencies have a big role behind the scenes.
Yes, quite!
You compare that with Galthie’s words when asked about the grand slam. It’s chalk and Roquefort.
HMMMM.
And also one would wonder why the RFU would
want to encourage fans to go to Paris where the French get the gate receipts and it will be a sell out anyway.
Thanks@PMcD .
Yeah, lots to think about. On Dan and Oghre, they seem pretty similar players on the face of it, esp. in the loose, but arrows (rightly) at test level seems to be the must have quality. That said, Oghre has been on the fringes, so my gut feeling is we may seem him. It does seem hooker is a bit of a crisis position atm.
You make a good point signposting the Ford/Steward relationship to the kicking game, which given it now seems to have been neutralized, it does then beg the question a change at 10/15 must be made.
And yes; completely agree, this fallow week is more about the coaching ticket with selection following from that. If the kicking is being dialed back - and against Ireland the evidence suggests it is, then you’d assume a new attack strategy is needed, which must mean selection changes, definitely at 15 and likely at 10. Back row is also pegged to that I would assume and I can see Fisilau getting a bench spot. Maybe as you were for the rest of the team although, I’m not sure about Curry.
To be honest, they have actually made a number of weird coaching appointments since Gustard.
Let’s hope they find their JvG/Cheika type solution and get things moving forward again.
I would stop all that guff . . . Unless they win their last match by a 10 point margin of victory. Then you have earned the right to be happy clappy until your next result. 🤣🤣
“Earn the right on 3 . . . . 1,2,3” 🤣🤣
Can you imagine it? Would love to be a fly on the wall at the Stoop committee meetings!
I know a fab spot in Dublin 4 for the organic porridge oats!
I can get Tobias to drop me over in the Audi and pick some up. Just say
It has the makings of a very good, tight game. All test matches should be one score games these days, I hate the blow-outs. You want it all in the balance going down the last stretch
Seriously! You’re saying that Borthwick was given his lines and was daft enough to blindly accept??? 🤣🤣🤣
Okay I found the comment, I thought Eddie Jones response was pretty accurate:
Sounds more like a PR misjudgment than arrogance to me.
I see what you did there, nearly made me choke on my coffee, sorry I meant my DoR pistachio velvet oat latte! 😂
Pressure big on both teams, gonna be a cracker however it plays out. Have a feeling SB might revert to type, stick with GF and kick the ass off the ball again. Probably depends on how secure he feels in his chair. Cant really blame him if he does but he’d just be delaying the inevitable and he has to engineer an ability to switch gameplan as required at some stage in that team.
Agree. It’s understandable the headlines will be around England and ‘will they/can they’ turn it around. It’s also a huge chance for Italy and a big test of their bottle. They should be going into this backing themselves to win at home
Nobody wants a draw so you should be calling this one, Ed - “Statement win inbound” is bulletproof really as it would cover either result!
Winner, winner chicken dinner
😂
It’s already there, never has an Eng/Ita game been so desperately needed to be a win for England! Would have been seen as an upset previously but atm an Italy win is almost half expected.
Bored you may be but the stats back me up.
You are trying to pretend that the French front five, or the forwards as a whole did not get dominated by a Bok pack with one hand tied behind its back for 40 minutes. So you give the likes of Meafou and Flament honourable exemptions they did not deserve on the day.
- Forward pens conceded : FRA 10, SA 5
- Scrum pens conceded : FRA 3 SA 1
- SA lineout : 100%
- Gain-line success : FRA 54%, SA 67%
- BD pilfers : FRA 2 SA 3
- Post contact metres : FRA 177, SA 210m
- Dominant ball carries : FRA 27%, SA 47%
I cannot find one category which analysts use to establish physical superiority where France were the equal of SA. Those are the facts.
Now does that make Meafou and Flament bad players? No. But their lack of success in that game very obviously gave Fabien Galthie food for thought around the ultimate aim of how to beat South Africa in future.
The combo of Guillard and Ollivon was a great success against Ireland and Wales and fits the way Galthie wants France to improve in future, with that aim in mind. So when they play SA next, I doubt we’ll see Meafou starting, but on the bench.
Ollivon/Flament I don’t know. but right now I’d have Ollivon, hands down.
So that is just a brief sample of how an analyst would approach that match objectively - without any ‘skin in the game’!
I well remember the comment of a fellow team member who said I hate Wales. My response was what’s wrong with Wales.
He responded I have to go through England to get there.
Ingrained in the memory of every true Scot.
Dude!!! Yes! Got ya.
That big old penny has finally dropped.
Jesus, Italy have a functioning scrum. How bad could it get?
Bit before my time…
Its hard to keep up with the speed at which 6N teams go from hero to zero and zero to hero, and back again. Is this really Borthwick’s Rassie moment? I thought that happened when he went with a high intensity 5x7 defensive platform with a 6-2 impact bench, a useful pack and a 10 that can control the pace of the game. 11 Ws in row followed. What we have seen it seems to me is a fatal (but fixable) flaw in the game plan - it does not work with a player down - the high intensity in defence hollows out, and attacking structures falter as the “go to” kick option becomes less effective especially if the wide receivers are carded, as happened in both games. Confidence drops and intensity with it. It seems to me Borthwick needs to prepare his team for this or better still stop the stupid cards. Perhaps Ford is too limited in his skill set. But the ability to control the pace has to be the key criterion for selection not SFM razzle. The system wont work at all without it.
Too true CW. Look at Ire, everyone writing them off after France as featherdusters and now proud roosters again!
I guess the word we cd use is cohesion. Eng’s cohesion on attack has been breaking down too easily when they don’t win high ball. So how can it be restored? Picking Fin Smith and three or four other Northampton backs is one solution. Picking better aerial wings is another.
As you imply there does seem something slightly amiss ‘under the covers’ in the psyche of the team when Maro is poorly [as he clearly is right now] and Jamie starts on the bench. The other leaders are not that obvious atm.
Thanks Ed. As far as England was concerned there was an air of inevitability about it. And that is arrogance. Its let them down before and it will let them down again.
Remember Bannockburn !!!!!!