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Getting on the wrong side of refs! Ritchie used to get a lot of criticism for poor ref management but seems to be a more systemic issue.

Exactly what we need to ensure the media don't discuss a really good game.

I didn't say the system worked! The Tandy system doesn't concede as much ground but does mean we don't put as much pressure on attacks and I wonder if that's part of why we lost all the penalty counts heavily

Some systems blitz the first three attackers, then the rest of defenders drift. Some stick mostly player to player. SA (and now England) have a narrow blitz. Differences on which point of the attack you blitz hardest too.

The space is deliberate I think. Someone rushes to nail the 13 and then the winger concentrates on cutting off any wide pass. If the ball gets beyond that you're in trouble and it looks bad when it goes wrong

As a (somewhat) neutral I don't think England are playing too badly. Trying to pull off their defensive system on turnover ball is really tough, especially against France

Yep, SA, Ireland, French and NZ defences are all notably different

Scotland!

Good explanation from Gardner to Aldritt too

Impressive recovery defence from England

Looked like Slade held off slightly there when he had to take that player

How does this affect the chance of Steward going to France?

A coward's way to win. Scotland would never.

He's a referee not a magician

Another grim second half for Scotland

Kinghorn

Very late to this, but the previous disallowed try wasn't a knock on or held up was it?

Better to let them score and hope to dodge the yellow

And with Scotland, who knows? Tough counterfactual to judge. It is the most talented squad in my lifetime but it's also substantially worse than France and Ireland so ***les aren't really on the cards. Probably worse than England's too and he has a very good record vs them. He's not an elite...

Classic big centre. Didn't seem to be doing much until 22/23 but has looked fairly good for Glasgow since. Not convinced he'll amount to much more than a crash ball option internationally, but I've never been able to pick a player.