| Re: The 6 Nations
Interesting weekend of matches.
In World Rugby, I think only New Zealand, Ireland and Argentina have been particularly happy in recent times.
I didn't see the France/Italy match, but it sounds like it was a bit of a pasting.
The England match was fine. Important we keep grounded about it, at the end of the day it was the worlds 7th best team beating the worlds 9th best team (on current standings). We won't have a clearer idea of where we are in World Rugby until we go to Croke Park on the 24th February.
What was good to see was us not getting turned over in possession so frequently, nearly every player playing in their club positions and just basically very few errors which have plagued us for a while. It was promising. Ellis, Tindall, Worsley, Lund, Robinson and Grewcock all had exceptional games, and the new guy at number 10 was quite good as well. The English press (as is their way) have gone overboard about it, but it was a start!
Ireland/Wales was the game of this round. Superb pace to it, and not too many errors (which was surprising really). Wales were unfortunate to lose thanks to Ireland's clinical finishing. Ireland/France in the next round will be some game and will show us how tough our task will be there.
Wales, I think, can take a lot from their performance. Ireland are probably the second best side in the world over the last year and Wales had them on the rocks for long periods.
This is going to be an awesome six nations, as they usually are in World Cup year. |