ONEAfternoon everyone. This seems like the biggest game we’ll get in the entire Autumn Nations Cup, and we’re only into week two.
England have shown as much strength as possible and put out their best pack at the moment, but the biggest intrigue is Ollie Lawrence, the center of Worcester which, after outliers against Italy and Georgia, has seen a significant upswing against the Irish midfield today from Bundee Aki and Chris Farrell.
The young back has impressed Eddie Jones for the past few weeks, offering plenty of strength and pace in this outer center channel.
The good news is that today, unlike last week when the skies opened over Twickenham and left England to rely on his mouth against Georgia instead of throwing the ball far, we should be able to do some Width without seeing as many handling errors.
Ireland looked after Wales convincingly last Friday without producing anything out of the ordinary themselves, despite the combination of Caelan Doris and James Lowe for the final attempt of the game, Lowe’s first in an Irish shirt making his test debut after qualifying for the residency worked well.
Both players came into play this year under new head coach Andy Farrell and together with Jamison Gibson-Park (Scrum-Half) show how Ireland is subtly changing its game and moving away from the territory – difficult approach We saw Ireland implemented so well under former head coach Joe Schmidt and has now turned to more dynamic playmakers.
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