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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2020 Six Nations] England vs Wales (07/03/20)
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<blockquote data-quote="spartan32" data-source="post: 990642" data-attributes="member: 72322"><p>These are elite athletes and it doesn't take much to through them off course. I don't think the impact of a lost WC and then the cheating scandal at Saracens can be underestimated. Imagine how the changing room felt in the England camp when the news broke that several of the players had essentially been cheating for two seasons?! I'd imagine some of the other players who's teams may have been robbed of silverware would have been at least a little hostile. It hardly lends itself to strong team cohesion. </p><p></p><p>Then there's the physical toll. Essentially training for 4 years, aiming to hit peak for one game, must be tough on a body. </p><p></p><p>there has also been a change in coaching staff which would also have caused some disruption as well. </p><p></p><p>when you take all that together, coming up against a young, spirited French side, in Paris, in the ******* rain, with a new coach and everything to play for in your first game, well it was probably always going to be a struggle. But as you say we've steadily got back on the horse and seem to be improving with each game. As long as that trend continues (and cronavirus doesn't end all sport as we know it) we should be ok.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spartan32, post: 990642, member: 72322"] These are elite athletes and it doesn’t take much to through them off course. I don’t think the impact of a lost WC and then the cheating scandal at Saracens can be underestimated. Imagine how the changing room felt in the England camp when the news broke that several of the players had essentially been cheating for two seasons?! I’d imagine some of the other players who’s teams may have been robbed of silverware would have been at least a little hostile. It hardly lends itself to strong team cohesion. Then there’s the physical toll. Essentially training for 4 years, aiming to hit peak for one game, must be tough on a body. there has also been a change in coaching staff which would also have caused some disruption as well. when you take all that together, coming up against a young, spirited French side, in Paris, in the ******* rain, with a new coach and everything to play for in your first game, well it was probably always going to be a struggle. But as you say we’ve steadily got back on the horse and seem to be improving with each game. As long as that trend continues (and cronavirus doesn’t end all sport as we know it) we should be ok. [/QUOTE]
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