Burns has never been able to tackle. Eastmond at second 5/8 not helping either. Mick Brown's decision making has been all kinds of plop too.
Shots of espresso needed in the England dressing room. Just not awake at all. As good as the ABs have been its really two or three early unforced errors that have caused the pressure in the first place. Fucking shite
Can't remember the last time I saw such an abject England performance. Don't think there's one player who you could say had a good half there.
Cruden injured? Felt he was excellent in first half. As bad as Yarde has been defensively today he really is excellent going forward
That's the second scrum infringement that could have been avoided if our front row actually hooked the ball
Youngs is playing like a daemon here. On another note. I wish England would clear their lines like NZ just did - back to 10 rather than boxing from the base. I always feel that's asking to be charged down
I can understand it sometimes, but it'd definitely be nice to clear from 10 to get a bit more distance.
It's not even the distance, i just feel more secure that way. I guess boxing removes the drop or handling error but at this level you'd expect better
I feel we needed to score that 2nd try to have any chance of this being a contest. NZ will run away with this now imo