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<blockquote data-quote="Derpus" data-source="post: 1013763" data-attributes="member: 76427"><p>*Couldn't edit the above post but this was meant to follow on.</p><p></p><p>NZ were completely dominated where as South Africa simply matched England's intensity (and won a bit of supremacy at scrum time). England had plenty of field position and opportunity but couldn't turn that into points against a well organised defence. NZ were stuck in their own half most of the time and never approached anything resembling parity.</p><p></p><p>Obviously you'll never win if your pack is completely dominated but it's a spectrum, not binary. I think England win 95% of the time if a team accepts the invitation to attack and play with the ball and is unable to gain a significant amount of forward dominance. But if they cede possession and replicate England's defensive organization England are as lost as the rest, if not more so. I think England have definitely played to their potential and probably peaked in that semi.</p><p></p><p>They really need to fix this. Then again, maybe i only want them to change it because im a southern hemisphere sop pining for the days when a scrum could be set and the ball going through hands within 30 seconds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Derpus, post: 1013763, member: 76427"] *Couldn't edit the above post but this was meant to follow on. NZ were completely dominated where as South Africa simply matched England's intensity (and won a bit of supremacy at scrum time). England had plenty of field position and opportunity but couldn't turn that into points against a well organised defence. NZ were stuck in their own half most of the time and never approached anything resembling parity. Obviously you'll never win if your pack is completely dominated but it's a spectrum, not binary. I think England win 95% of the time if a team accepts the invitation to attack and play with the ball and is unable to gain a significant amount of forward dominance. But if they cede possession and replicate England's defensive organization England are as lost as the rest, if not more so. I think England have definitely played to their potential and probably peaked in that semi. They really need to fix this. Then again, maybe i only want them to change it because im a southern hemisphere sop pining for the days when a scrum could be set and the ball going through hands within 30 seconds. [/QUOTE]
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