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The Autopsy thread: Which England team members are for the chopping block?
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<blockquote data-quote="Isengard" data-source="post: 755376" data-attributes="member: 72456"><p>I think it is quite easy to dismiss English club and youth rugby as being all bish-bosh and scrums. I see a lot of games in my alternate life in this sport, an awful lot and nowadays players don't want the set pieces, they want to run it. Kicking is discouraged at youth levels and getting the ball out of the hands and moving is the aim of most coaches I see. A lot of youth teams are looking to try and win turnovers at the breakdown as well. I think the mentality is right. Possibly the pitches and weather don't help and tend to lead to more knock-ons and a slower surface for running which causes more scrummaging? I don't think English professional teams play like the All Blacks but there is not much up the jumper, hoofing the ball stuff compared to a few years ago. Just my thoughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Isengard, post: 755376, member: 72456"] I think it is quite easy to dismiss English club and youth rugby as being all bish-bosh and scrums. I see a lot of games in my alternate life in this sport, an awful lot and nowadays players don't want the set pieces, they want to run it. Kicking is discouraged at youth levels and getting the ball out of the hands and moving is the aim of most coaches I see. A lot of youth teams are looking to try and win turnovers at the breakdown as well. I think the mentality is right. Possibly the pitches and weather don't help and tend to lead to more knock-ons and a slower surface for running which causes more scrummaging? I don't think English professional teams play like the All Blacks but there is not much up the jumper, hoofing the ball stuff compared to a few years ago. Just my thoughts. [/QUOTE]
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