LiRFCMatt
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I've looked into it quite a bit, this is a little excerpt of a talk about how dominant England really were:
"We've had a few days to reflect on the performances of the weekend and people have been throwing the word "smashed" around when it comes to England's victory over the Welsh. But can a 5 point victory ever be considered a smashing? That's the topic of today's blog as we ask the question, just how good were England against Wales, and conversely just how bad were Wales against England?
The English shut down the Welsh physicality with a powerful scrum and a dominant defensive performance. Robshaw's gritty and determined 24 tackles was the largest amount of tackles in the round, which is very impressive considering how many tackles the Italians were forced into making. The English set pieces were very good as well, aside from a rare couple of poor throws from Dylan Hartley, and at one stage a scrum that was too good, and led to the Welsh try. Let's talk about that try briefly, as it will help set up what I believe is a more telling score line of the game, rather than the actual one that didn't reflect the English dominance."
Find the rest here: http://fourballsblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/just-how-good-were-england-against-wales.html
"We've had a few days to reflect on the performances of the weekend and people have been throwing the word "smashed" around when it comes to England's victory over the Welsh. But can a 5 point victory ever be considered a smashing? That's the topic of today's blog as we ask the question, just how good were England against Wales, and conversely just how bad were Wales against England?
The English shut down the Welsh physicality with a powerful scrum and a dominant defensive performance. Robshaw's gritty and determined 24 tackles was the largest amount of tackles in the round, which is very impressive considering how many tackles the Italians were forced into making. The English set pieces were very good as well, aside from a rare couple of poor throws from Dylan Hartley, and at one stage a scrum that was too good, and led to the Welsh try. Let's talk about that try briefly, as it will help set up what I believe is a more telling score line of the game, rather than the actual one that didn't reflect the English dominance."
Find the rest here: http://fourballsblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/just-how-good-were-england-against-wales.html