Fantastic result, fantastic series. I agree with previous posters Eddie Jones has transformed us into a force, which, will get better and better
There are few sights more beautiful than watching Australian tv Rugby pundits, most of whom took part in a pre-tour tv ad deriding England's chances, having to eat humble pie. They were gutted.Hasnt stopoed them still banging on about scoring more tries than England in 2 out of the 3 matches though. You'd think that it was only tries that counted.
Quote from: OzVilla on June 26, 2016, 10:56:37 AMThere are few sights more beautiful than watching Australian tv Rugby pundits, most of whom took part in a pre-tour tv ad deriding England's chances, having to eat humble pie. They were gutted.Hasnt stopoed them still banging on about scoring more tries than England in 2 out of the 3 matches though. You'd think that it was only tries that counted.Easy response to that OZVilla. Just remind them of the number of penalties they gave away, spoiling play at the breakdown. If they hadn't kept doing this England would have scored a lot more tries.
Jones has been brilliant and has turned us into a winning side, who will only get better. Farrell's game has massively improved under him.
What we need now is for a team to match us up front to see if we can be effective without clear dominance in the set piece. That's where Farrell at 12 takes something away from us.
Quote from: paul_e on June 26, 2016, 02:17:29 PMWhat we need now is for a team to match us up front to see if we can be effective without clear dominance in the set piece. That's where Farrell at 12 takes something away from us.I think the way Bath played all season shows that if that was likely, you should drop Ford and move Farrell to 10.
Quote from: DaveD on June 26, 2016, 07:23:49 PMQuote from: paul_e on June 26, 2016, 02:17:29 PMWhat we need now is for a team to match us up front to see if we can be effective without clear dominance in the set piece. That's where Farrell at 12 takes something away from us.I think the way Bath played all season shows that if that was likely, you should drop Ford and move Farrell to 10.I'm not sure that would solve the problem. If the pack is going backwards then we need to start moving big units about. I'd suggest that Ford has a better tactical kicking game and is definitely better from the hand. Not as good when kicking for the posts and physical impact but otherwise I'd still suggest he's a better players. Admittedly the gap has closed significantly.