Six Nations 2017
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Did Eddie Jones really say last week that England plan to put a cricket score on Italy?
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@Pot-Hale said in Six Nations 2017:
Did Eddie Jones really say last week that England plan to put a cricket score on Italy?
No, he just invited Alistair Cook to training
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@Pot-Hale said in Six Nations 2017:
Did Eddie Jones really say last week that England plan to put a cricket score on Italy?
Still, what fucks me off is that these terrible games they have don't result in a loss.
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@Crucial said in Six Nations 2017:
@Pot-Hale said in Six Nations 2017:
Did Eddie Jones really say last week that England plan to put a cricket score on Italy?
Still, what fucks me off is that these terrible games they have don't result in a loss.
I take solace in knowing that the Lions are going to get pumped in NZ.
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Even 36-15 is not a cricket score.
What's more relevant is the question - would Georgia have managed to play a test like that against England since the world and its mother seems to think they should be playing in the 6/7 Nations with/without relegation?
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@Pot-Hale said in Six Nations 2017:
Even 36-15 is not a cricket score.
What's more relevant is the question - would Georgia have managed to play a test like that against England since the world and its mother seems to think they should be playing in the 6/7 Nations with/without relegation?
Not sure? Who is their coach at the moment. Conor O'Shea sure had a shit eating grin on his face for picking a tactic that Eddie hadn't thought of.
Maybe it was his inside knowledge that the England players didn't study the laws -
If Italy had managed to keep the scoreline close until half-time, it would have been even more effective if they'd adopted the no-contest ruck tactic only in the second half.
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@Crucial What ruck, though? My recollection is that the ref had already explicitly stated that there was "tackle only" at that particular breakdown. Not saying it wasn't a penalty, but logically Itoje's can't have been a ruck offence.
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@Pot-Hale But without using it in first half, I doubt the halftime score would have been close (even with OF's bad kicking day), so it was only going to work for them as a Plan A. I'd guess even with presumed inside knowledge of English player IQs, the Italian coaching team can't have believed how well their tactics worked. Even when it looked like England had worked out how to counter the no-ruck, they didn't do so consistently, which was disappointing.
But, they won, and hopefully will have learned from such a hastening experience. Even Hartley and Haskell (maybe...)
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@Disgusted-of-TW said in Six Nations 2017:
@Crucial What ruck, though? My recollection is that the ref had already explicitly stated that there was "tackle only" at that particular breakdown. Not saying it wasn't a penalty, but logically Itoje's can't have been a ruck offence.
Didn’t see it but you can't play thecball when off your feet. Ruck or tackle.
