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[2021 Six Nations] England Squad
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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 1016348" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>I don't think we lack power in the pack, I think we lack guile. Billy V looks for contact, he doesn't look for space and there are plenty times where he is facing up against someone and will simply collide with them rather than looking to make a half break or set up an offload. This may be how Jones has told him to play but that way of playing just slows the ball down. Wales did this all the time with Roberts, it worked until people learned to double team him. It's all very well saying that that creates space but it really doesn't as the rucks after a double team are usually slower than the normal rucks and definitely slower than a ruck after a half break.</p><p></p><p>The biggest problem in the final was butterfingers. Remember SA didn't score a point that had not come from a scrum penalty until way into the 2nd half and most of those knock ons were not even under pressure. The failure at the WC final lies more with the props and the complete lack of imagination from our "playmakers", constantly doing 1 out passes to players looking for contact. We could have had the biggest 6 available to play for England and it wouldn't have made any difference whatsoever.</p><p></p><p>That and the tendency for the England defence to just completely switch off for no apparent reason, which we also saw against Scotland. We had SA contained as well as they had us contained for a large chunk of the game until we began to panic late on and just started being stupid. More than anything England need to tackle the leadership issues and get rid of the headless chicken / bottling it mentality. We bottle it more than any other major team.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 1016348, member: 56232"] I don't think we lack power in the pack, I think we lack guile. Billy V looks for contact, he doesn't look for space and there are plenty times where he is facing up against someone and will simply collide with them rather than looking to make a half break or set up an offload. This may be how Jones has told him to play but that way of playing just slows the ball down. Wales did this all the time with Roberts, it worked until people learned to double team him. It's all very well saying that that creates space but it really doesn't as the rucks after a double team are usually slower than the normal rucks and definitely slower than a ruck after a half break. The biggest problem in the final was butterfingers. Remember SA didn't score a point that had not come from a scrum penalty until way into the 2nd half and most of those knock ons were not even under pressure. The failure at the WC final lies more with the props and the complete lack of imagination from our "playmakers", constantly doing 1 out passes to players looking for contact. We could have had the biggest 6 available to play for England and it wouldn't have made any difference whatsoever. That and the tendency for the England defence to just completely switch off for no apparent reason, which we also saw against Scotland. We had SA contained as well as they had us contained for a large chunk of the game until we began to panic late on and just started being stupid. More than anything England need to tackle the leadership issues and get rid of the headless chicken / bottling it mentality. We bottle it more than any other major team. [/QUOTE]
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