• ‘With defences as they are,you’ve got to pick people who can play both ways’[br]• ‘Sometimes you depart through the line, sometimes around it. We can carry out both’England carry out not need telling they badly need a win this weekend but precisely how they depart approximately it is dividing opinion. On one side are those who reckon they should revert to the attack-minded individuals – or at least the fit ones – who caught the imagination in last season’s Six Nations. On the other are those who insist route one is the way to depart against Australia, and allied to the tightest defensive unit they can muster.
The fluctuating debate is fast shaping up as the defining narrative of England’s whole World Cup campaign – except that the management flatly reject the existence of any such dilemma. According to Mike Catt,England’s attacking skills coach, it does not necessarily matter who England pick at, and say,No10, because their approach will be similar regardless.
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Source: theguardian.com