Six Nations 2015: England's heroes of Cardiff revert to novices in Dublin with this chastening defeat
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Six Nations 2015: England's heroes of Cardiff revert to novices in Dublin with this chastening defeat
In rugby they talk a lot about “playing in the wrong areas.
” Much worse is losing in the wrong areas.
And into that category falls the patch of Dublin turf where Ireland took another step closer to the Six Nations title and halted England’s progress.
Twickenham is on that list as well, for England.
The wrong area to lose.
Yet, in the last five months, Stuart Lancaster’s men have lost to New Zealand and South Africa at home and Ireland away.
In between they have beaten Samoa, Australia and Italy at home, and Wales away.
If you took the median line from those results you would ch…
” Much worse is losing in the wrong areas.
And into that category falls the patch of Dublin turf where Ireland took another step closer to the Six Nations title and halted England’s progress.
Twickenham is on that list as well, for England.
The wrong area to lose.
Yet, in the last five months, Stuart Lancaster’s men have lost to New Zealand and South Africa at home and Ireland away.
In between they have beaten Samoa, Australia and Italy at home, and Wales away.
If you took the median line from those results you would ch…
