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Australia vs England (3rd Test) - 16/07/22
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<blockquote data-quote="Crash Hamster" data-source="post: 1095168" data-attributes="member: 84693"><p>I felt things were starting to click a little in the last Test.</p><p></p><p>Previously, it looked like the wrong selections, playing in the wrong positions to the wrong gameplan.</p><p></p><p>Now, honestly more by luck than judgment, it looks like mostly the right players playing in mostly the right positions. The gameplan is still a little 'team is less than the sum of its parts', but it's an improvement.</p><p></p><p>England are still frequently incapable of taking advantage of an overlap and this has to be a management problem as we see some phenomenal attacking play in the Premiership. Yes, Test rugby is a step up, but 'passing to the bloke outside you who has an unopposed run in' is the same competency at every level.</p><p></p><p>It would be nice to see a proper 'wheels' winger picked; I'm pretty sure LRZ wasn't the greatest defensive player at first, but Wales backed him and now he's scoring for fun and much improved in the less glamorous aspects of wing play.</p><p></p><p>It would be nice to see a little more of a 'score one more than you' attitude. England have a variety of talented players who seem unable (or are not allowed) to express that in international games.</p><p></p><p>Summary: three years of dross, accidental selection of a team which could have been developed 18 months to 2 years ago, signs of improvement, can it last or has the extension to Jones' contract been a monumental error?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crash Hamster, post: 1095168, member: 84693"] I felt things were starting to click a little in the last Test. Previously, it looked like the wrong selections, playing in the wrong positions to the wrong gameplan. Now, honestly more by luck than judgment, it looks like mostly the right players playing in mostly the right positions. The gameplan is still a little 'team is less than the sum of its parts', but it's an improvement. England are still frequently incapable of taking advantage of an overlap and this has to be a management problem as we see some phenomenal attacking play in the Premiership. Yes, Test rugby is a step up, but 'passing to the bloke outside you who has an unopposed run in' is the same competency at every level. It would be nice to see a proper 'wheels' winger picked; I'm pretty sure LRZ wasn't the greatest defensive player at first, but Wales backed him and now he's scoring for fun and much improved in the less glamorous aspects of wing play. It would be nice to see a little more of a 'score one more than you' attitude. England have a variety of talented players who seem unable (or are not allowed) to express that in international games. Summary: three years of dross, accidental selection of a team which could have been developed 18 months to 2 years ago, signs of improvement, can it last or has the extension to Jones' contract been a monumental error? [/QUOTE]
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