Ireland 27-22 England: Steve Borterwick Plan Dublin
In the second row, between the marks left by a life, Steve Borterwick has a good poker face.
He does not have many people, keeping his feelings tight and keeping his thoughts for himself.
But there was no bluff on Tuesday.
Two days ago, by naming his team, Borathwick put his card on the table and challenged Ireland to prove him wrong.
In England Fly-Haf, Marcus Smith got stuck with Smith and Freddy Steward in Full-Back, chosen the wing debood Cadon Murle and put the house at stake on the back line of Ben Earl, Tom Curry and his twin brother Ben.
The selection was a statement of intention; To win air, to SAP the speed of Ireland with a nuisance ground game and throw a defensive blanket on your attack.
For 40 minutes, the plan of Bortex paid.
England made an initial attempt as Smith ran a kick back, Oli Lawrence busted a hole and Henry Slade’s Cute Grube placed the ball on a plaater for Murle.
Earls and Twindalu – Sale for Curry brothers were nicknamed the fans – causing indigestion of Ireland’s attack.
They boiled in the breakdown, slowing the ball because potential attackers were designed to secure supply lines.
The defense was flat and sharp, spreading the attacker pattern of Ireland. And by shortening the line -ut – a potential area of weakness – they diluted the jumblers of Ireland.
The new captain Marao Itoze showed his captaincy Smart, making it sure that Ben O’Keef saw and heard that Tadhg was near his leg, the referee was leaving no choice, but an Ireland Was trying
It was promising.
Last year, every six nation caught in a break in the match, England reached 40 minutes and five ahead.
This could have been even better.
He was fond of Smith’s sin-binning for 10 minutes.
After some courageous defense, it was only on the last route of power-play that Ireland managed to score, as James Love put Alex Mitchell in Jamson Gibson Park like a wet Cagoule.
Aviva tested with veins at intervals.
Memories of 2019, when an unknown side of England hatched the successor of the right opening day to derail Ireland, suddenly looked more vivid.
Full -time, however, like England, had disintegrated.
