Originally Posted by david1955:
“You certainly couldn't criticise England for lack of effort and some of the guys gave outstanding performances , but the spark in the backs was missing. I thought Stuart Lancaster's decision to bring on all those new caps at once with England just narrowly ahead was a crazy gamble. It paid off , but he would have looked so foolish if England had lost.”
To be honest, I think it's the right step. He wants this to be a new era, so he's bringing in a brand new squad, that's fine by. If it means we endure a scrappy six nations then so be it, I'll just be happy if the focus is on the rugby for once. New caps need to be blooded, if they come on and we lose, at least he's trying something new.
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“Praise to the ref as well. That must be one of the very few games where the ref didn't just keep on penalising teams in turn at the scrum , and England can hardly ever have conceded so few penalties in a game.”
I thought the ref was poor. The scrums were embarrassing to watch. There were times when Scotland got a penalty that England should have got and vice versa. International refereeing is in the doghouse, yesterday was a good example of why.