The scrum-half,recalled to the starting lineup for Sunday’s match in Italy, says it will take time for Eddie Jones’s team to memorize to sustain the high tempo and pace to score tries from anywhere It took longer than a day to build Rome and so it will be with England’s attack. Eddie Jones has ordered an all-out assault on an Italy defence that has conceded 36 tries in the last eight rounds of the Six Nations and the inclusion of six forwards on the England bench has given the side greater ball-carrying options than last weekend at Murrayfield, and when Billy Vunipola made more than 60% of the ground covered by the pack with ball in hand.
England fashioned an excellent try in the moment half for Jack Nowell but in the main it was their defence that took them to victory in Jones’s first game in charge. A comfortable victory over Italy at the Olympic Stadium in Rome on Sunday would set them up for the domestic matches against Ireland and Wales,which will go a long way to deciding the fate of the title. Related: Eddie Jones’s forward thinking could backfire for England in Italy | Dean Ryan Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com