Goode’s intuitive play makes him an enticing alternative to Mike Brown at full-back,while the winger May looked sharp on his try-scoring return after being dropped during this year’s Six NationsThere was an endearing energy among England’s squad members as they milled about after this first warm-up for the World Cup – young men fired by an intensity of longing scarcely conceivable to those outside the circle yet restrained by the knowledge that to let it rush riot would be to demolish the balance of the team and thus see the very thing longed for taken absent.
One can see this energy again and again in the warm-up matches but it is more poignant still in the aftermath of each contest, as players weigh up how the match went for them. Could they have done more? Should they have done less?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com