Biggest difference between top teams the middle is how comfortable they are with the ball. South Africa and Ireland run hard, run straight, move the ball, and get ready to do it again. England wales seem scared to possess it. SA and Ireland look to make tackles, England and wales wait for them.
They hired eddies protoge and expected differnt results. Differnt perspective was needed.
You actually think anyone in this team has the charisma or noggin to lead one?
If Farrell doesn't go then Ford absolutely does,
Smith but not sure how many he would take along with him. Farrell seemed to have the players support previously as a leader maybe there is not enough others with a brain to cotton on
I reported it - expect a disciplinary hearing next week, and some inept Aussies let him off with it.
Thats the big difference. No Wilkinson, no Kay, no Robinson, even players like Easter and Moody seemed to have more about them. Borthwicks team as a coach looks a lot like his team as captain. Player discipline all over the place, occasionally playing well but always getting turned over by the better teams. I feel a bit for players like Itoje, Ford, George, Watson who should be enjoying being the senior players in a firing international team like the Irish,Saffa, and even Scottish players but instead they are part of another "rebuilding" process that follows a pattern of high penalty counts and underwhelming performance.
And Scotland, they seem like they want to play rugby. To enjoy it and play for each other.
That's the spirit lad
This is the thing. Jones got rid of anyone who might stand up to the coaches. Possibly the best bet is Care.
I'll say one thing for finn Russell, he always seemed to have a grin on his face
Watched him a few years ago tearing up Tigers in a European cup game. It was fantastic to watch even as a Tigers fan. He plays with a lot of freedom and you can see that in Scotland's performance but then Townsend was a similar player.
Exactly the problem of the last 7 years.
It felt like they were told by someone it had to be someone English.
I'm pretty sure they said that when they hired Eddie: that the next coach would be English, and part of his role was to find, and train, his successor. In that regard Borthwick was the obvious choice for them, even if he did quite a lot earlier than I think they wanted
Honestly doesn't make a difference who they put out there at the minute. The whole things a mess and it's not down to individual selection to change that
