O2 Inside Line | Scotland week 🌹

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Go behind-the-scenes and inside Steve Borthwick’s England camp to find out how they prepared for their first game of the 2023 Six Nations.
#WearTheRose

[@johngamba4823]

Scottish fan here: Fair play to England boys for putting this out. Can’t be an easy time for them

[@dulls8475]

We are in the doldrums a bit. But I like Rugby and know it has its ups and downs.

[@simontaylor2525]

Steady on, no one died it's just a game

[@brentmeistergeneral6074]

It’s cool, short transitional period post coach change. Should have done better and done by own poor D/missed tackles! Will be fine come WC 👌

[@reecewright3468]

Win or lose, these are the lads we stand up for and support, help sing the national anthem and help carry through the wins and losses. We all have every ounce of faith in you all, good luck for next weekend.

[@fendercodes]

Love these! I don't care if we win or lose, I just love watching my team play.

[@dabzvapelord]

that's refreshing to read

[@joeboonmusic4004]

Made my heart break seeing Farrell apologising to the kid for not winning. 1 week at a time, I hope this England team with this coaching setup starts removing the chains from the Jones era and starts playing passionate rugby again.

[@timwannell6477]

I’m sticking by our team. You’ll get better lads.

[@williammcandrew882]

Early days boys. But I'll always stand behind this team🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@andrewm4148]

Scottish fan, absolutely brilliant game of rugby and Faz comes across really well in this video, absolute gent 👌

[@murrayshinwell1899]

Come on Scotland!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ❤

[@danielbradley5454]

Great to see Anthony Watson back in the squad and I like how the players interact with the fans brilliant and as Owen said keep the heads up and look forward to the next game I thought you all played really well all the best for Round 2

[@oliversmiddy840]

...and he's just been dropped. Ridiculous. He's class.

[@rob.1]

Another tough watch. The life of an English rugby supporter these days! Onto the next one.

[@CLIFTYPOPS]

Stay posi

[@Daniboi971]

1 win from 5 in Twickenham. Starting to resent the team now.

[@ejg1932]

@@Daniboi971 Resent? It’s a game mate. Grow up and get behind the team. It’s early days under a new coaching set up

[@crystallineentity]

Do any other teams do these? Even when we don't win, these Inside Lines are always very inciteful

[@murrayconnor9797]

Scotland has started doing one which is pretty similar to this

[@lauro973]

Scotland do something similar-ish

[@powerbite92]

@@murrayconnor9797 Scotland make sure to keep it low key and just background camera work of nothing much at all. they stay away from the celebrity stuff and lots of talking heads. which is good. because the vanity stuff and celebrity stuff is what has done for England. too many undroppable players.

[@theoandrebrowning6164]

@@powerbite92 what ‘celebrity’ stuff and who is undroppable?

[@powerbite92]

@@theoandrebrowning6164 all the Next level videos under Eddie were full of talking heads and Social media 'challenges' and felt like watching a soap opera. Fans back then were saying "why dont u just concentrate on rugby?" Celebs? Itoje signing with Yormark and RocNation and getting talked up all the time in the media has become undroppable despite playing so badly. Genge signed with Yormark's RocNation and now all we hear about is his 'loose-play', he's a prop who is scrummaging badly. but.. Undroppable. Sinckler is all over the media talking himself up and yet he isnt playing or certainly scrummaging very well. So far? Undroppable. What has Isiekwe done? Hopeless vs Scotland last year, hopeless this year. Ben Youngs playing badly but all over this video yipping away. Undroppable.. Owen Farrell is Not a 12 and yet he keeps getting picked out of position. Undroppable. Thats what I mean.

[@devinroberts9816]

Please drop Ben Youngs. His quality of service and speed to the breakdown was shocking.

[@harrykzanci]

I love it how the Calcutta Cup has become the most exciting game in rugby.

[@cam5736]

These are great content every year. Wish we had one of the Scotland camp. Let's hope Netflix does a good job.

[@CaitSithDubh]

Scot here, I am seriously impressed by the lack of complaining about what appears to me to be a clearly forward pass to VDM for that last try. Genuinely making me think higher of yous. Good luck.

[@simontaylor2525]

But then you could say the pass from Ludlum to Dombrandt in the lead up to England's try in the second half was forward. So glad the refs aren't faffing around with the TMO as much

[@fin-ed6oj]

One slightly forward pass doesn’t mean Scotland weren’t the better team. We just have to suck it up. Every England fan can see certain reasons why we’re not as good as we could be. Starting with basic selections

[@simontaylor2525]

@@fin-ed6oj hmm not sure where all these players you should be selecting are

[@ManenbergFilms]

Fantastic as always

[@bullfrog4005]

Biggest England fan ever, but Scotland were outstanding, treated the occasion like they where going to war. A lot of questions about England, talk is no good , we need results. Do what you need to do to win steve 💪

[@gracebailey4174]

I remember crying when Watson scored the last minute try against the all blacks in the semi 😭 so glad to see him back!

[@michaeldoughty1782]

Kudos to Scotland for some excellent rugby and a sound win last Saturday. I don't know what to say about us? I hope we can find our path this 6 nations.

[@powerbite92]

drop itoje and sinker for a start.

[@jacklav1]

Classy behaviour from Owen there

[@gnarthen9977]

The first pass you see on this video from Ben Youngs must be the fastest pass he's made in 5 years. That's right a pass not a kick.

[@jamesfirth4117]

You don’t see him pass the ball

[@handcrafted30]

Scotland fan here - I’ve been super impressed with the level of support the English have given their side at a time where it would be easy to bitch and moan.

[@jonnynogood86]

Fair play england, showing class post match. 👏🏼

[@Canvashed]

Tackling was pants verus Scotland.

[@tomw4322]

In numerical order: VP, Farrell, HC, Lawrence, Marchant, Malins, Arundell

[@fin-ed6oj]

Good loss again lads. Keep it up and we’ll win a meaningful game by 2026

[@garysmith2983]

Hate losing to the Boks. Kidding,,,,,,,,, well played Scotland. Definite improvement, probably should have won. Let’s just get the mid field sorted.

[@damocles2240]

Huw Jones is Scottish born in Edinburgh, Styn has a Scottish mother also but the other two are Boks for sure.

[@colrennie5936]

Mako Vunipola, Manu Tuilagi, Marcus Smith. Every team has a mix of nationalities now and it just so happens the Boks like playing in Scotland

[@2smoulder]

Most people don't realise the very hard yards (and 10,000 hrs) that lie behind every individual players success, which requires huge dedication as well as massive talent. Good luck to all on their personal journey's.

[@rjkelectrical6086]

I seriously like Farrell, him at 10 though. His kicking and passing and tackling and leadership is invaluable. Marchant and manu centres. Move Farrell to centre later on with smith coming in as 10.

[@andreemurray7039]

Like it or now we need to give Steve and his team time like everyone I wanted to win but not so

[@06alepea1]

As poor as the onfield performances have been, these videos are always insightful.

[@danielferguson8304]

The banter years continue 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@garfieldbraithwaite8590]

Sad to say that this week is the wooden spoon decider

[@moshechen3582]

Italy are going to win this weekend 👍

[@mcmustangno1567]

They’re not and I’m Scottish, it’s my duty to support anyone playing against england, from tiddlywinks to rugby, but england are too good to lose this one. Be interesting to see what crowd turn up, a full house would boost the team 👍🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@rjkelectrical6086]

Wouldn’t surprise me, they scared France till late on. Bortwick will change and make questionable player selection to what was before. But will have the trusted old guard in before the tournaments out

[@davidcullen1956]

Keep your heads up he said. Their bloody professionals, shouldn't need to be told that.

[@videoaddict961]

Jesus Christ just let Faz play 10 or drop him

[@kingedward510]

I love Anthony Watson. That's all I really have to say to be honest.

[@MrRichard2418]

Ben youngs is past it now

[@Daniboi971]

5 years ago. He’s been stealing pay cheques since then.

[@RD-jb3vi]

Looked flat with no real flair or imagination , I believe a lot of the squad peaked at the last World Cup along with all the coaching team . Should of started a fresh then with 4 years to build a new team , but now with less than a year to the World Cup i think it may be a painful early exit . My money is on France to lift the cup and World Cup , however like all teams the clock will set on England again and we will be back to our best again just a few years unfortunately we will have to learn with defeat

[@oliversmiddy840]

Gutted for Watson that he's been dropped straight after getting back into the side. I think it was time Youngs was moved on though - we need to invest in the next generation of scrum halves. Our tempo noticeably dropped when Youngs came on.

[@rjkelectrical6086]

Very experienced player, type of guy you need to see out games when we are winning.

[@nathan9783]

Calcuttas ain't going too well for England recently

[@mrdrevilporkchop666]

think they have won 1 in the last 6 years..and they scraped that only win by a single try

[@martincraig9613]

Let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves. From 1991-1999 it was only English names on the Cup.

[@mcmustangno1567]

@@martincraig9613 it should’ve been from 1872 to 2023, given the wealth and depth of players that english rugby has, but it’s not! Write off the other 5 nations at your peril, that’s the bulk of englands failure 🤷‍♂️

[@jamieadams178]

Italy have a real chance after their performance against a much better French team

[@ElliotP1992]

We looked no different from the last few games that Eddie was coaching us for unfortunately. Trying to remain positive but it's a tough time to be an England fan. I wouldn't be surprised if Italy gave us a tough game on the weekend.

[@finlayD853]

I would say you definitely looked like more of a threat in attack compared to Eddie jones

[@ElliotP1992]

@@finlayD853 maybe the disappointment of the game has got the better of me, but I didn't see it. We don't just need a win against Italy this weekend, we need to see an England squad that attacks in a new way to bring back the excitement to the fans.

[@Daniboi971]

@@ElliotP1992well we scored as many tries in this game as we did all tournament last year (not incl Italy). But yeah, we are in a bad place now. 1 win from 5 in Twickenham. Not good enough

[@ElliotP1992]

Now that is a horrifying stat hahahahahah

[@ejg1932]

Attack looked far more promising than the autumn! Defence should tighten up over the coming weeks. Give it time!

[@firey9998]

Marcus smith is more interested in his hair and shorts.

[@Danimal13]

Drop Youngs

[@Chillingwithchillie]

I can honestly see England not winning any games this six nations. They just look like they don’t want it. They say it, they say they want it, but actions speak louder than words. I’m disappointed.

[@itellyouwhy6957]

All teams lose. Scotland isn't a bad team. They are settled and have been building for some time. England is just starting on their new journey under new leadership. England could go on and win every other game and win the 6 nations. That's how sports work. Get behind your team and show them some love. Don't be a Debbie Downer!

[@gabbyfrancis6548]

being an english supporter is so bloody shit - never play the right players, all fans in agreement, predict a bad result, get a bad result, hope for a response from the staff, never get it, rinse and repeat woop woop , roll on another farrell smith combo

[@joeboonmusic4004]

It'll improve, I genuinely believe in this coaching setup. Sadly Borthwick had his hand forced by Kelly, Slade AND Daly all being out. Now that Slade and Arundell are both available, let's hope we see Slade and Marchant in the centres, or maybe Lawrence and Slade.

[@JT-tx9ov]

Eddie wouldn't have lost this game

[@ziggythomas8868]

Not like it matters, English born lived in Scotland for 7 years fairly easy in terms of whoever’s better wins. Seeing Ben Youngs celebrate a try like that is absolutely embarrassing. Most England caps ever seems to have no connection to the reality of the match in front of him. I want England to do well but the 9-12 channel was a joke for international, Malins was the only one in the back line who stepped up from why I could see and the others looked lazy. Scotland clinical on opportunities when they presented and won without playing well. I hope Borthwick pulls through but he has a long way to go

[@powerbite92]

england are full of deluded celebrities with big media profiles. the squad needs gutting of those primadomnas.

[@shonunezekiel]

Agree that Youngs (nice guy that he probably is) is rightly out of the England squad and I hope he has played his last game - but what was wrong with him celebrating a try passionately?

[@ziggythomas8868]

@@shonunezekielfor me watching it no one else was celebrating like that, England at home in a clutch game they haven’t won in 6 years. Just an opinion I’m nowhere near international but I’ve played in a lot of tight derby games and would say that same, if that makes sense. It’s hard with Youngs because Porty looks a little off pace, maybe he just needs more caps under his belt. Varney looked lost against France so whoever plays has an easier week, imagine playing against DuPont 🤮

[@melmortimer1545]

Suicide ...kamamakazi....rugby....it's ok scoring tries...but we are so if open....losing again at Twickenham....I see us getting .second from bottom....We will get found out by France and Ireland for sure..I love the red roses...but I'm a real ist.....Mel 🌹

[@mcmustangno1567]

....not a spellist or grammatist though 😂

[@JUSSTTIINFU3K]

I'm leaving an angry comment because yeah. They tired their best. They are human, and they do their best to be role models for the younger generation.

[@Daniboi971]

Ok soy boy. Here’s a participation medal for you.

[@NTL578]

Oh that’s okay then. They are good role models. Social media generation bullshit.

[@powerbite92]

media waffle whenever in trouble. they tried their best! theyre only human!

[@tonkerdog1]

I have no problem losing to the Scottish team last week, they deserved it. But please please stop picking out of form players, and a 10-12 partnership that has never worked.

[@Chillingwithchillie]

Please no more Ben Youngs, please for gods sake it’s so painful

[@jep1912]

VP, Smith, Marchant, Slade, Radwan, Arundell, Steward. END.

[@damocles2240]

Same old England same old Team from Eddie Jones (with a few extras) England are very mechanical while the Scots are fluid and smart, we need to match the Scots in these area's what's the tally past 6 years Scots 4 wins, 1 draw, 1 defeat that is unacceptable. Farrell continues to be a Red Card liability off the ball hits on Finn Russell as they say Russell is living Rent Free in the England Teams head!!!

[@NTL578]

It’s all a bit too nice in these camps, Ben saying how ‘ tribal people become ‘. It’s almost like he’s saying,not me really. I don’t hear players of other nations players talk so casually about representing their country.

[@dulls8475]

Your country is just the tops when it comes to patriotism. A roll model for all. Your post should be read by all Englishmen. Studied daily and even said before we sing God Save the King. I am going to get it sorted. First I will start with a tattoo of your post on my Harris.

[@NTL578]

@@dulls8475 Bla bla fucking Bla Dulls. I grew up still in the era when patriotism in England still meant nationalism, so I’m glad we’ve moved away from that. But we’ve moved into a period of cultural depression in more recent times in Britain, but particularly in England. I spend a lot of time in Wales and Scotland, believe me there’s been resurgence in Patriotism there. They know what they’re about, the flag of St. Andrews and St David’s flies high. I get that being patriotic and the flag of St George went hand in hand with the some rank nationalism. But I stand by my original comment and it seems all too often no people like you trip over themselves to be as unpatriotic as possible, under the guise of pseudo intellectualism that only people of lower intelligence have pride in England. There’s no doubt fans/players of Italy, France South Africa are patriotic and playing for their country, but not the English.

[@powerbite92]

Youngs is surrounded by a media that hates patriotism in British nations but who fall to the ground and worship anything RocNation or urban related. his disdain for patriotism gets him points from the media and more screen time.

[@henrymilleruk100]

Awkward two interviews with dropped lads 😂

[@davidcullen1956]

Play play-station ? A lot of this bad mindset is down to bad coaching. How does play station build rugby skills DOH

[@dulls8475]

I dont think he does it on the training pitch, please have a proper go at the English instead of the little snide remarks.

[@Daniboi971]

Sick of losing.

[@trent3727]

So good seeing England lose

[@davidcullen1956]

Bad mindset already

[@noelmaher4633]

9 minutes of cliche talk, stop giving away penalties and fix your lineout. #Sorted.