Rugby union?

[mrthingyx]

Australia did not get out of their group and were ranked 9th. Losing a few games against best teams is understandable, but England are not learning from mistakes, dropping players for no good reason and don't seem to have a plan.
Rush defense takes a while to implement - it took Leinster a year and that's with playing weekly for months. But you would hope to see improvements since they started it in 6 nations

Yep - Australia was one of those fluffs. No denying that.

Not learning from mistakes is an interesting one... as a team, absolutely, but *why?* Is the manager or the players at fault with this? I think it is difficult to say with any certainty without sitting in on their team reviews and briefings.

Points about rush defence, position swapping, etc. are all valid, too, but I know humans are quite strange in certain regards and adapting touching is not easy for a good portion... and there has been A LOT of change in the England setup.

I also would agree that the 6N will be a truer test of where we are as a national team than the "friendlies" in the Autumn Internationals. Yes, it is always nice to win, but if we learn nothing in the process it is only an ego boost and not real development. What will the 6N look like? As long as we beat Scotland and Wales, I will consider it a success.

 

[hood1971]

Yep - Australia was one of those fluffs. No denying that.

Not learning from mistakes is an interesting one... as a team, absolutely, but *why?* Is the manager or the players at fault with this? I think it is difficult to say with any certainty without sitting in on their team reviews and briefings.

Points about rush defence, position swapping, etc. are all valid, too, but I know humans are quite strange in certain regards and adapting touching is not easy for a good portion... and there has been A LOT of change in the England setup.

I also would agree that the 6N will be a truer test of where we are as a national team than the "friendlies" in the Autumn Internationals. Yes, it is always nice to win, but if we learn nothing in the process it is only an ego boost and not real development. What will the 6N look like? As long as we beat Scotland and Wales, I will consider it a success.

Happy to have Italy win at Twickenham (sorry Allianz)?