Australia vs England (3rd Test) - 16/07/22

[Ragey Erasmus]

England's defence consistently make so little effort to drift across field and have been that way for years. Freeman should have got that but so many teams have been able to make us madly scramble on the wings, it's a tactic that everyone has spotted and is exploiting.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Watching the replay Porter and Freeman defence both poor.

Porter needs to be lower in the middle and freeman shouldn't be getting burned on the outside.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

England's defence consistently make so little effort to drift across field and have been that way for years.

Which is odd given it's a standard defence foundation

Why a water break????

 

[Which Tyler]

Nowell does really well to cover the inside pass.
Not sure if he doesn't tell Steward he's there, or if Steward didn't trust him.

Trust Nowell to make his tackle, and that's crisis averted (for a phase or so)

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Why the hell are they having a water break ffs

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Nowell does really well to cover the inside pass.
Not sure if he doesn't tell Steward he's there, or if Steward didn't trust him.

Trust Nowell to make his tackle, and that's crisis averted (for a phase or so)

Yeah I was thinking that - imagine a communication thing as Nowell was going full pelt so not much time to shout

Though Koroibete was in support so if Steward had drifted it was an easy offload to score eitherway

Freeman's poor attempt at an ankle tap was the killer in the move

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Nowell does really well to cover the inside pass.
Not sure if he doesn't tell Steward he's there, or if Steward didn't trust him.

Trust Nowell to make his tackle, and that's crisis averted (for a phase or so)

Not really it was still a 2 on 1 for steward.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Porter having a stinker today in defence

Is it missing Itoje and Curry that much?
Espcially Curry in the midfield defence

 

[TommiG88]

Yeah I was thinking that - imagine a communication thing as Nowell was going full pelt so not much time to shout

Though Koroibete was in support so if Steward had drifted it was an easy offload to score eitherway

Freeman's poor attempt at an ankle tap was the killer in the move

The killer was Porter tickling koroibete and then jogging back

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Billy back to his useless self as well

 

[Which Tyler]

Oh FFS

 

[Grizwald]

Few more of these passes stick and England will be on the end of a hiding. Looking totally clueless.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

England fall off more tackles than any other T1 nation and by a long way. If you aren't going to compete at the breakdown you need to at least make the ******* tackles!

 

[Wasps92]

Utterly pathetic this.

 

[Scotty]

Billy looked like he released there? Or was it for going off feet?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

We look proper gash

Would look to bring on Willis as soon as possible, need someone to be a proper nuisance, they've got free reign atm

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Saved by Billy then

 

[TommiG88]

We look proper gash

Would look to bring on Willis as soon as possible, need someone to be a proper nuisance, they've got free reign atm

Ludlam isn't an international starting 7.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

I think Ludlam is fine as a starting 7

Trouble is England missing Itoje to make those tackles and support him in the ruck

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Ludlam isn't an international starting 7.

I mean he's played well in all of his caps so I'd argue otherwise.