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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2015 Six Nations] England vs Italy (Round 2)
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<blockquote data-quote="yaboyjj" data-source="post: 706718" data-attributes="member: 71795"><p>Ireland looked pretty toothless in attack up until the final quarter, at which point the Italians were out on their feet having defended all game (and having spent 10 min's of it with 14 men). The reason Ireland looked ineffectual imo was because of their lack of ball carriers in the pack- it says something when O'mahony is a go-to-man (they are really hurting without O'brien, Heaslip. Healey). Let's not forget they had a big man in the centres (Henshaw).</p><p></p><p>Despite popular opinion I think England need to play some big ball carriers in the pack and get fast, front foot ball using the big men up the middle, rinse, repeat, then throw it wide to the fast men in the back-line. If you looks at the locks and back-row Ireland had yesterday: POC, Toner, O'Mahony, Murphy, O'Donnell- that is pretty lightweight, and it showed. Use Attwood, Marler, Hask, Robshaw, Vunipola and bully them at the breakdown, creating quick ball (this is how we need to play against Ireland too)</p><p>England need to rack up the points this weekend (no disrespect to Italians), but we saw how important this might be, last year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yaboyjj, post: 706718, member: 71795"] Ireland looked pretty toothless in attack up until the final quarter, at which point the Italians were out on their feet having defended all game (and having spent 10 min's of it with 14 men). The reason Ireland looked ineffectual imo was because of their lack of ball carriers in the pack- it says something when O'mahony is a go-to-man (they are really hurting without O'brien, Heaslip. Healey). Let's not forget they had a big man in the centres (Henshaw). Despite popular opinion I think England need to play some big ball carriers in the pack and get fast, front foot ball using the big men up the middle, rinse, repeat, then throw it wide to the fast men in the back-line. If you looks at the locks and back-row Ireland had yesterday: POC, Toner, O'Mahony, Murphy, O'Donnell- that is pretty lightweight, and it showed. Use Attwood, Marler, Hask, Robshaw, Vunipola and bully them at the breakdown, creating quick ball (this is how we need to play against Ireland too) England need to rack up the points this weekend (no disrespect to Italians), but we saw how important this might be, last year. [/QUOTE]
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