France caved under pressure from kicking but Eddie Jones may mix it up with Tuilagi and the Vunipolas against Wales
France’s death by a thousand kicks at Twickenham started the week before in Paris. England have been extremely well coached in both matches so far and so George North’s first try for Wales against France on the opening night will not have gone unnoticed by Eddie Jones and his assistants. They will have seen that Hadleigh Parkes’s kick forward found space, it put Yoann Huget in a position he did not want to be in and then a bit of pressure from North brought the mistake. England took that and seized on it.
To be brutally honest, Sunday was as bad as the French can play – there was no structure and very limited awareness of what they were trying to do but again England stuck to their game plan and took their opportunities. France’s biggest problem was having Morgan Parra and Louis Picamoles stuck in the back field. Parra is a world-class player but England targeted him and France just could not react.
Written by Nick Evans
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/feb/11/england-kicking-on-strategy-wales-power-game under the title “England kicking on but strategy for Wales could include power game | Nick Evans”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
