International Rugby

[PaulWinch again]

England really need a statement performance today.

[PaulWinch again]

Great start.

[PaulWinch again]

The penny seems to have dropped with Jones that England were at their best under him when they attacked and tried to play expansively. We’re slaughtering the Boks at the moment.

[UK Redsox]

South Africa’s defence is awful. They’ve got no answer to the pace of May, Brown and Daly.

[taylorsworkrate]

Unfortunately our defence is probably worse

[PaulWinch again]

Two rubbish errors from Itoje and Daly have let them back in the game.

[PaulWinch again]

Oh dear talk about undoing all the good work.

[taylorsworkrate]

After a great start, all composure and disciplin has completely gone. Only one side gonna win this and its not us

[UK Redsox]

Well, that was a half of two halves

[PaulWinch again]

Indeed. England’s game management has gone. This is a legacy of poor performances eventually turning into defeats over the last 12 months. They look like a team who don’t know how to win, whereas 18 months ago they looked like a team who didn’t know how to lose.

Players need to take some individual responsibility they’re defending very poorly.

[taylorsworkrate]

Simply not good enough. Atrocious defence, non existant discipline or composure, lack of leadership and character. 3-0 series defeat all but assured.

Jones and Gustard have to go. Fucking charlatans.

[PaulWinch again]

Gustard is going.

[PaulWinch again]

England lost this primarily through poor game management. After we’d blizted them we should have consolidated as soon as they scored the first try. That should have been the point when we realised we needed to nip any momentum shift in the bud. Then we put the subs on far too late, the players were out on their feet.

Eddie Jones needs to turn this round because that’s what 5 losses on the bounce now and we’re conceding an awful lot of points. At 24-3 up you shouldn’t be losing the game.

[PaulWinch again]

The one positive is that at least they’re showing they understand they need to score tries again, that had drifted recently.

[paul_e]

I've been out most of the day so not had chance to post but, for me, the acid test of Jones now is whether he is willing to make the hard call and drop Brown and Robshaw who looked past it today and have both had poor seasons. If he's willing to start Cips and Robson then even better.