Dangerous defence the best form of attack as England build something special
Basking in the warm afterglow of a victory over fierce rivals Wales, England captain Jamie George was asked about the impact that new defence coach Felix Jones has had on the team. “I think he would love us to defend 100 phases at a time if we could,” laughed the always-gregarious George, before perhaps realising that wouldn’t exactly be a recipe for winning many Test matches and adding “but we try not to do that.”
Like most sports, it’s almost impossible to win in rugby if you don’t have the ball but you get the feeling that if any man could make in their back-to-back World Cup wins, Springboks players spoke in awe about the level of detail he brought to training sessions: viewing the extraordinary amount of analysis held on his ever-present laptop is said to not be for the faint-hearted.
