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Originally Posted by aussie dollar
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It does !! However, they were the better team and actually looked like they wanted to win the game, whereas England lacked passion and a leader.
I felt that Tait and Noon had good games and feel that it is unfair to blame them. Tait got "spear-tackled" the first time he ran through, fair enough but if you watch it again, the ball was passed behind him and he lost momentum. Also, in the first half, whenever England did pass the ball out to the backs, the new pairing were never given the ball, Worsley was given the job and just ran straight in to the Welsh centres. this in turn meant that the first 2 players to the breakdown were Tait and Noon which is not why they were picked, they are backs not back row forwards.
England's tactics were woefully wrong and they should have been beaten by more in my opinion. Well played Wales you deserved it !! I enjoy watching England win, but I enjoy even more watching rugby played as it should be - backs running with the ball in hand and at pace !! Australia and New Zealand are so good at that as well and it does annoy me sometimes when England revert to playing "10 man rugby" when they do have such good backs.
Next week it's England at home to France and it could well be the first time in a very long while that England receive a start on the handicap betting playing at home !! LOL
One thing is for sure, the rugby can only get better over the next few weeks !!
Cheers
Diz