‘Their skill execution was absolutely atrocious’: Irish pundits pick apart England’s loss
Scotland’s golden run over England continued with a fourth consecutive Calcutta Cup win at Murrayfield as Steve Borthwick’s side showcased a litany of errors.
Scotland defeated the visitors 30–21 because to a hat-trick from outstanding winger Duhan van der Merwe, who made the visitors pay for their subpar play.
Even though England had defeated Wales and Italy prior to the match, there were still doubts about the team’s condition because of Borthwick’s team’s lackluster performance.
Virgin Media Sport’s performance, which revealed England to be who everyone said they were, was examined by Irish TV analysts.
“They’re merely… Matt Williams addressed the Virgin Media Sport panel, “We would be here for thirty minutes if we were going to show you an England errors package.”
“They just made error after error. And you think, the three Van der Merwe tries were from English errors.
“The error off the scrum, the falcon off the head of [George] Furbank, then an English lineout that was lost that led to the possession for the cross-field kick for his third try.
“That is just a small picture of the number of errors they made. They dropped restarts, they dropped lineouts, they had Scotland beaten at the scrum and they kept engaging too early. There were four free kicks for early engagement.
“The ill discipline was just ridiculous. The number of passes that just went nowhere, thrown into touch.”
Rob Kearney, an ex-international for Ireland, gave England a mixed review, applauding their attempt at playing with greater ambition but criticizing their capacity to do it.
He declared it to be the “best” rugby England had attempted to play in a long time, but they had completely failed in putting it into practice.
The former fullback remarked, “I know this is going to sound a little strange, but that’s the best England has tried to play.”
“The level of ambition exhibited, the running lines, and the phase play were all excellent tonight. The best work from them that I have seen in a while.
“Their skill execution was absolutely atrocious. That’s the reason they lost the game. The amount of times they turned the ball over and handed the ball back to Scotland was atrocious.
“It’s pass handling. All these players can pass a ball, they can catch a ball. It’s something that they can get right. That’s why I’m saying I’m encouraged by the ambition.
