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England vs New Zealand - 19/11/22
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<blockquote data-quote="HamJan" data-source="post: 1108067" data-attributes="member: 85428"><p>In 2019 Warren Gatland placed a lot of psychological importance in Wales entering the RWC warm up games ranked number one in the world, and on the back of something like 16 successive wins. The first warm up game at Twickenham saw an England second / third side beat their full strength side, and the return fixture in Cardiff saw Wales scrape by with a win. I don't think Wales really recovered from the mental knock that they took at Twickenham and reverted to zero risk rugby again for the RWC tournament.</p><p></p><p>Eddie's a far better short term planner than longer term and, rightly or wrongly, he's been trying different ideas since 2019, some successful and some really bad. But in the same way that we were shocking in 2018 and built steadily through 2019, I think he'll be looking to the 6N to start playing a more settled side with a clearer game plan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HamJan, post: 1108067, member: 85428"] In 2019 Warren Gatland placed a lot of psychological importance in Wales entering the RWC warm up games ranked number one in the world, and on the back of something like 16 successive wins. The first warm up game at Twickenham saw an England second / third side beat their full strength side, and the return fixture in Cardiff saw Wales scrape by with a win. I don’t think Wales really recovered from the mental knock that they took at Twickenham and reverted to zero risk rugby again for the RWC tournament. Eddie’s a far better short term planner than longer term and, rightly or wrongly, he’s been trying different ideas since 2019, some successful and some really bad. But in the same way that we were shocking in 2018 and built steadily through 2019, I think he’ll be looking to the 6N to start playing a more settled side with a clearer game plan. [/QUOTE]
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