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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2020 Six Nations] England vs Wales (07/03/20)
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<blockquote data-quote="Roady26" data-source="post: 990860" data-attributes="member: 82737"><p>I think is a strong team from England. Essentially our best tight 5 starting. Lawes at 6 doesn't bother me much anymore if he plays like he did last week. Good to see Wilson straight back in the side, I think he's class and he played well last week. I would prefer to see him pack down at 8 at the scrums but Curry has had plenty of time in training to get comfortable there so not too worried I guess. Right shame to see Underhill injured, would have loved to see Curry, Underhill, Wilson again. We were always going to see Youngs start unfortunately, but lets hope that he pulls a good performance out of himeself again. That backline looks pretty lethal and is pretty much the best I think we can field if Farrell is playing 12. Tough on JJ but he would be fighting for that bench spot against Slade with Manu in good form, and I'm happy with either of them. I don't actually mind a 6-2 split now that we have a proper back three that can cover a lot of positions, I think this is intent from Eddie to be very dominant up front in the second half - lets hope it pays off. Plenty of dynamism coming on with Earl, Genge, LCD and Heinz to hopefully speed up the game and poke a few holes in some tired legs. </p><p></p><p>I think for England this game will come down to disipline and managing the game properly. We need good kicking in behind to get the territory and back our set piece and defence to build pressure. Our attack only seems to work on the front foot - with bruising work in the loose from the forwards and then going out back with essentially three distributers to put the wings through. England need to back their defence and slow Wales ball right down at the ruck, letting players like Itoje, Wilson and Curry make those dominant tackles against a stagnant attack. If things start getting hairy Ford, Farrell and Youngs need to step up and control the pace of the game and get back to playing in the right areas or things seem to snowball quite quickly. </p><p></p><p>Looks to me like a strong Wales team that will be really fired up to come to Twickers and put one over us, looks set for a cracking game in the dry. I might get down the pub now just to get a headstart...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roady26, post: 990860, member: 82737"] I think is a strong team from England. Essentially our best tight 5 starting. Lawes at 6 doesn't bother me much anymore if he plays like he did last week. Good to see Wilson straight back in the side, I think he's class and he played well last week. I would prefer to see him pack down at 8 at the scrums but Curry has had plenty of time in training to get comfortable there so not too worried I guess. Right shame to see Underhill injured, would have loved to see Curry, Underhill, Wilson again. We were always going to see Youngs start unfortunately, but lets hope that he pulls a good performance out of himeself again. That backline looks pretty lethal and is pretty much the best I think we can field if Farrell is playing 12. Tough on JJ but he would be fighting for that bench spot against Slade with Manu in good form, and I'm happy with either of them. I don't actually mind a 6-2 split now that we have a proper back three that can cover a lot of positions, I think this is intent from Eddie to be very dominant up front in the second half - lets hope it pays off. Plenty of dynamism coming on with Earl, Genge, LCD and Heinz to hopefully speed up the game and poke a few holes in some tired legs. I think for England this game will come down to disipline and managing the game properly. We need good kicking in behind to get the territory and back our set piece and defence to build pressure. Our attack only seems to work on the front foot - with bruising work in the loose from the forwards and then going out back with essentially three distributers to put the wings through. England need to back their defence and slow Wales ball right down at the ruck, letting players like Itoje, Wilson and Curry make those dominant tackles against a stagnant attack. If things start getting hairy Ford, Farrell and Youngs need to step up and control the pace of the game and get back to playing in the right areas or things seem to snowball quite quickly. Looks to me like a strong Wales team that will be really fired up to come to Twickers and put one over us, looks set for a cracking game in the dry. I might get down the pub now just to get a headstart... [/QUOTE]
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