RBS Six Nations 2012 Official Thread

Why is it whenever England score/win it's down to luck and the other team being rubbish, yet when any other team win it's because they were brilliant and played well? I'm not proclaiming England to be the strongest side, Wales and France are much stronger sides, but I can't help but feel they get far less credit for success than the other teams. A win is a win, and they managed an admirable second half comeback against Italy in such conditions, and both games were away ones at that.

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Hylean

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Original post by Wolfos

Why is it whenever England score/win it's down to luck and the other team being rubbish, yet when any other team win it's because they were brilliant and played well? I'm not proclaiming England to be the strongest side, Wales and France are much stronger sides, but I can't help but feel they get far less credit for success than the other teams. A win is a win, and they managed an admirable second half comeback against Italy in such conditions, and both games were away ones at that.

Because England's two tries in their past two games have come from running down a kick. That's not skill, that's sheer luck, regardless of which team manages it. In both their matches, if they hadn't got that try, they would have either lost or drawn, assuming no other points were scored. No offence to Italy or Scotland, but for England to perform like that against teams generally considered the weaker sides in the competition is not a positive showing of their skill. Hell, you managed to let Italy score twice in a matter of minutes. Now Italy are getting better all the time, but still, I don't expect that kind of scoring from any side.

England so far have been brilliant on defence, but their attacking has left a lot to be desired.

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marcusmerehay

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England were very poor going forward yesterday, and Ben Youngs had an abysmal game.

Brad Barritt was excellent though, I thought.

Castro getting injured was a bit of a game-changer.

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dellprinter

Original post by Hylean

Because England's two tries in their past two games have come from running down a kick. That's not skill, that's sheer luck, regardless of which team manages it. In both their matches, if they hadn't got that try, they would have either lost or drawn, assuming no other points were scored. No offence to Italy or Scotland, but for England to perform like that against teams generally considered the weaker sides in the competition is not a positive showing of their skill. Hell, you managed to let Italy score twice in a matter of minutes. Now Italy are getting better all the time, but still, I don't expect that kind of scoring from any side.

England so far have been brilliant on offence, but their attacking has left a lot to be desired.