England’s decision-making was good against Scotland and they kept a stranglehold on the breakdown
England will not care in the slightest their victory over Scotland was one of the ugliest in recent memory. In fact, I felt that they were set up to play the kind of game they did and the conditions only reinforced it was the right way to go about things. I have said a number of times that England are the best wet-weather team in the world and though it was scrappy they got the job done.
The key to their victory was their ability to win the battle for middle earth. In that middle third of the field they came out on top and a lot of that was down to the work they did at the breakdown. Two years ago that was a problem area for England but on Saturday Eddie Jones effectively picked three openside flankers and it paid dividends. They were able to force Scotland to play from deep and feed off the turnovers which gave them the opportunity to either kick at goal or into the corners. With the weather the way it was it turned into a game where not having the ball was key.
Written by Nick Evans
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