Don’t get me wrong, I don’t advocate dirty play, but I do like a dirty player. OK dirty is the wrong word, I like a nasty player. Every good team has one (Fancy messing with Bakkies Botha?). Every team needs one. The enforcer as journos call them, the one you can thump as hard as [...]
March 11, 2008
Putting the Boot in
One of the most disappointing aspects of England’s defeat to Scotland was the over reliance, correction, total reliance, on kicking as a game “plan”. Although Jonny Wilkinson has been roundly criticised (and I shall return to him in a minute), the one instance that for me encapsulated England’s hapless afternoon occurred quite near the end [...]
March 11, 2008
England team to play Ireland 6N:2008
Cipriani in – hurrah! Wilkinson the only change – boo!
What can we say? Ashton has left enough rope to hang himself. It’s clear to me that he’s as clueless at selection as
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