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<blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 1214799" data-attributes="member: 73144">Partly. But I think a lot of that is down to several clubs playing in a way that isn&#039;t really transferable to the international game. The international game is also a lot more intense and less forgiving.Beforehand I said it was a must win. We won. But that only holds any water if it&#039;s going to be a launching pad for better things. A lot of flak about the way we played. Understandable, it felt like a throw back to 23, but we&#039;ve mostly been trying to do a bit more than that. Wasn&#039;t this a bit of an outlier? And if that was really the plan from outset then the selection was barmy. Leadership remains an issue. The game plan mostly wasn&#039;t working. What were the &#039;leaders&#039; Itoje, Genge etc doing about it?? Where were the adjustments on the hoof? Where was the quiet word to Mitchell / F Smith suggesting a change of tack? If they just passively went along with the preordained plan then they are just as culpable as the coaching staff.We take the win and move on. But have to be a lot more convincing in the remaining 2 games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vieux Talonneur, post: 1214799, member: 73144"] Partly. But I think a lot of that is down to several clubs playing in a way that isn’t really transferable to the international game. The international game is also a lot more intense and less forgiving. Beforehand I said it was a must win. We won. But that only holds any water if it’s going to be a launching pad for better things. A lot of flak about the way we played. Understandable, it felt like a throw back to 23, but we’ve mostly been trying to do a bit more than that. Wasn’t this a bit of an outlier? And if that was really the plan from outset then the selection was barmy. Leadership remains an issue. The game plan mostly wasn’t working. What were the ‘leaders’ Itoje, Genge etc doing about it?? Where were the adjustments on the hoof? Where was the quiet word to Mitchell / F Smith suggesting a change of tack? If they just passively went along with the preordained plan then they are just as culpable as the coaching staff. We take the win and move on. But have to be a lot more convincing in the remaining 2 games. [/QUOTE]

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