England have flown out of the blocks in their opening two games of the autumn against New Zealand and Australia – but they are like Jekyll and Hyde.
I want them to back themselves for 80 minutes.
There are parts of their game I am unhappy with, but they are also playing some really good stuff.
You can tell they prepared very well for Saturday’s game by the way they started and broke the Wallabies down. I cannot fault their endeavour, creativity and spirit, but it was Australia who came out on top in winning 42-37.
For some reason, one of England’s defaults when they are ahead and in control of a game is to try and close it down with a very negative style of kicking.
That is not going to allow them to win games against top opposition. It hasn’t happened once, or twice; it is relentless.
Unless it is hammering it down and the match is a proper arm-wrestle – like against South Africa in the rain in last year’s World Cup semi-final in Paris -…
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