Rory O'Connor
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Podcast Appearances
And then I think defensively, England were just all over the place.
And their defence was good in autumn, but they have chopped and changed.
You know, they brought Felix in, didn't work.
He left.
And then I think since then, they don't really, similar to what I was saying about Ireland, they don't really have an identity.
Are they getting up high or are they trying to stay connected?
Are they contesting on the ground?
Are they counter-looking?
I couldn't really see it with them.
Okay.
Yeah.
Okay.
Yeah, and that's where, as their opponents, you want to challenge that.
You go, let's make these, let's just not run straight at them.
Let's make them make defensive decisions.
Keep the ball loaded, right at the line, passes at the line, changing direction, offloads, changing the actual shapes that we're running.
We did that really well.
and then Ireland are challenging it with improved Yeah and they've chopped and changed Freeman was at 13 against Scotland it didn't work out Russell was able to really expose him they then move him to the wing he just looked like a guy I think a lot of Freeman he just looked like a guy that was between two stills at the weekend his instincts were way off
Yeah, they're talking about 12 in a row pre-Scotland.
And then now you're going, oh God, we've got Italy and France away.