Will Greenwood says England in ‘Dangerous Place’ under Steve Borthwick: Planet Rugby

Will Greenwood states that England’s actions have not supported Steve Borthwick’s words after his close victory of the six nations over Scotland.

Red Rose chief coach insists that he wants players to express themselves and play an attacker rugby brand.

Borthwick He is recognized as a conservative coach, one who emphasizes the SET piece and a strong kick game, but the 45 -year -old man is inflexible that he wants his talented background to spread the ball.

Scotland struggles

That was certainly no evidence in the third round of the Six nationsHowever, when they lost the counting of three to one attempt to the Scots, and even that score could have been rejected in another day.

Although England Now I have won two games in succession, against France and Scotland, and on paper they have easier games with Italy and Wales to come, Greenwood has not been impressed.

“It is not about the staff in the field, it has to be about being up to the words that Steve is talking before the game: building our attack game and then seeing it happen,” he told the Rugby companions podcast.

“We are at home, 82,000 people, we won a great lineage but, Bang, Box-Kick immediately. Our first option tells Scotland everything they need to know about how England will play for the rest of the afternoon. Do something different. “

Greenwood was part of the England team that won the 2003 World Cup. They had a huge package that contained several large ones of the game, but they also had a brilliant bottom line, one that included the 52 -year -old man.

“There is a great phrase that we like to talk about what the ‘freedom within a frame is’. Let me use Brian Ashton as an example, that he was a magnificent back coach. They gave us the autonomy and space and the ability to move To ourselves, ”he said.

“If a 10 wanted to stand at 12, if 12 I would like to stop at 15, depending on where the skills sets were, and then you obtained, from an idea, five different options, according to how the defense was established.

“This team at this time feels like the whole frame and without freedom, and that is a dangerous place to be a rugby team.”

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England’s mentality

Changes of personnel will inevitably be discussed, but Greenwood insists that it is a mentality with this attire in England.

The old center recognizes that talent is there and the team selection is, in general, correct, but that it does not matter if the game plan, training or the environment is too restrictive.

“The personnel who cannot discuss … It is not necessarily the selection, it is the team that eliminates the shackles, leaves RIP,” Greenwood added.

“It is that direct vest in which I feel that the team is. The problem now is that it does not matter what the coaches say, in the despair to obtain results, it seems that they have backed up and said completely: ‘win is everything'”.