Our forwards are still looking very weak.
In the set piece, the current Italian props aren't renowned scrummagers, and yet we were under pressure there. Our lineout was better I suppose with Beard, Jenkins and Tips all good options.
We still lack carrying options, with Jac Morgan the only forward with any oomph. Compare that with France yesterday with just about every member of their pack coming onto the ball at pace and making ground.
I thought Faletau was very poor yet again. Ye's giving away penalties, missing tackles and even fumbled the ball at the back of a stationary scrum. He's not making much ground ball in hand either. He supported well for his try, but he's a fair way off his best curtently.
I see WoL are praising Beard because he stole 1 lineout and got his long arms through the middle of 1 maul to turn the ball over. Pathetic, because once again all I saw was passive tackling and no go forward. He's just a complete waste of space, and yet he's played every minute of every game!
The backs weren't much better yesterday, but at least most of them are young and will hopefully learn and improve.
France are going to smash us next week. Whether it's by more or less than they smashed England doesn't matter because either way we won't be in a position to challenge them, with just abouy every facet of their game far superior to ours.
