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<blockquote data-quote="goodNumber10" data-source="post: 688098" data-attributes="member: 71068"><p>Lets not get things twisted, New Zealand hardly threw the ball around with abandon last weekend, and The English Saxons under Lancaster and Farrell played a massively expansive game plan, in the last 12-18 months England have played expansive rugby, look at the 6nations and the win in Argentina, but have just struggled to do so against the top 3 when their pack meets a similarly dominant forward pack or a backrow forward who can kill their ball.</p><p></p><p>The issue is two things: Speed of ball when pack is not totally dominant, and decision making on ball.</p><p></p><p>England are clearly going out with a game plan to specific to the game & teams they are playing - hence we saw them tighten up so as not to give NZ turnover ball. They will probably move it more against Aus and SA, and i wouldn't be surprised if the Fiji game is a try fest. Come the 6nations they will play wider, and when we hit the world cup they will adapt their game plan to whatever confronts them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodNumber10, post: 688098, member: 71068"] Lets not get things twisted, New Zealand hardly threw the ball around with abandon last weekend, and The English Saxons under Lancaster and Farrell played a massively expansive game plan, in the last 12-18 months England have played expansive rugby, look at the 6nations and the win in Argentina, but have just struggled to do so against the top 3 when their pack meets a similarly dominant forward pack or a backrow forward who can kill their ball. The issue is two things: Speed of ball when pack is not totally dominant, and decision making on ball. England are clearly going out with a game plan to specific to the game & teams they are playing - hence we saw them tighten up so as not to give NZ turnover ball. They will probably move it more against Aus and SA, and i wouldn't be surprised if the Fiji game is a try fest. Come the 6nations they will play wider, and when we hit the world cup they will adapt their game plan to whatever confronts them. [/QUOTE]
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