O2 Inside Line | This Rose | Scotland Week

Go behind-the-scenes with Ben Earl and George Ford as they discuss the history of the iconic Calcutta Cup. Ben opens up on his rugby journey and how his faith has helped him along the way, and we follow the squad's preparations to face Scotland 🌹
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[@henrymilleruk100]

That first try was the best try we’ve scored in ages. Was great to have that feeling again as a fan. Keep up the work. I still have plenty of patience yet, keep up the improvements

[@davidpearn2484]

You'll need the patience of a Saint to wait for this lot 😂😂😂.

[@lukesalter5925]

Couldn’t agree more with the initial comment. Nice to have that moment. Now we just need more 😂

[@michaelharrison5564]

i think i wanted to not like ben earl but he actually seems like such a nice guy. looking forward to us (Ireland) coming to Twickenham, i think it will be tight!

[@dcmj3798]

i think it will be a good game but the combinations of players you guys have are just tighter than us. maybe we will be a good game in a few years, but the cohesion isn't there to beat the green machine just yet. best of luck on the day though mate!

[@dylan-ht7ox]

If we have waboso opposite Lowe we stand a better chance as waboso is a demon in defence (and offense too) and tuilagi opposite aki and George Martin over chessum then our d will be much better at dealing with you but I'm not sure we will score a try, especially given recent handling

[@Dickie2702]

I really dont think we need to be down hearted. To only lose by 11pts when you make 22 handling errors and cough up 23 turnovers is a small miracle. Yes we have problems but reduce the error count by even 25% and what would the result have been? We have two choices, revert to risk adversed kicking game or be brave and press on with a more expansive game? Personally I'd start with Feyi-Waboso and Cunningham-South and George Martin and give Fin Smith two games to see what he is really made of, before he is confined to the stiffs when Marcus Wow returns, who some, including me, isnt the answer..

[@barriemadeley6771]

I loved the effort not much stuck but the vision was there, crack on with it England growing pains can hurt

[@mcessex811]

England Rugby is always a great team. Thank you for this beautiful video. 👍❤

[@JockTalk7]

Finding a cohesive team identity is a bigger challenge for England as we have a bigger player pool. It’s good to see these vids. Truth be told I was screaming at the telly during the Scotland match. Please just don’t drop the ball so much next time!

[@timwannell6477]

That’s an excuse and you know it. We have the most resources in world Rugby and we had a champions at under utilising it

[@G-regTaylor]

@@timwannell6477 fairly certain Ireland, South Africa, France, New Zealand have the equivalent, if not better, resources. Ireland are literally backed by their own government.

[@JockTalk7]

@@timwannell6477 I don't know if it's an excuse - certainly it's no excuse for not winning more or just being better. But how to actually do it? It's not as easy as saying 'Just be better!' There are a million things that need to happen from tiny details through to big things.

[@jharwood9795]

If Borthwick wants cohesion he can pick the same backline every week. He chose not to do that so it's on him.

[@dcmj3798]

@@timwannell6477 you can have all the resources in the world, but if you dont pick combinations for the six nations you wont win. why do you think the quality at the world cup is always way higher? because they spend 3 months with each other first. in a comp where you have a week to get things rolling you absolutely need to pick combinations. Look at Ireland, most of their players play together all the time, Scotland have been playing these combinations for years, dupont and ntmack play together, even Italy have started to improve alot but there are some combinations that have proven to be massive for them that play at club together.

[@user-lm2wz5qf5o]

I take it at 3.45 in the video the players were not being coached at that time as there was attacking intent, speed, passing, offloads, running forward, support runs. Shame that’s not improvised in game.

[@waynemoore9951]

I wish these players would play as well as they are media trained

[@agwasp]

Tough weekend - and a well deserved win for the Scots. Ben Earl was given a rough time by the ref, but that’s how it goes sometimes. Rather we built towards something over time, even if it’s a tough journey.

[@mikeharper3459]

How was he given a though time? I didn’t notice any during the game…

[@jamienorwood6855]

This series seems a lot quieter than in previous ones under Eddie Jones. Sort of replicates the defensive slow rugby we're playing on the field. (George Ford a future head coach for sure)

[@Jam43341]

We’re on the right track, had we not made all those handling errors we would have probably won that game. Let’s get behind the boys, sick of all this negativity from the fans. Also, I fucking love Ben Earl😂

[@jonwright4719]

Borthwick will sort out the squad selection and I believe the defence coach will do a good job incorporating the blitz into the squad- the use of the old experienced players to pass on their knowledge and experiences to the younger guys is crucial- but evolution will happen and maybe they will evolve the attack this summer (Nick Evans would be nice as attack coach wouldn't it- Wiggy can be skills coach)

[@jharwood9795]

Getting better and building every week while becoming markedly worse over years.

[@mdanni4741]

Pick yourself up boys and let’s go again. Real fans are behind you

[@buggzyb4229]

A week to put behind us 😬 still feel like this team has potential to be near the top. We go again 🌹

[@jimwocha4949]

We can't just keep going with the same mediocre results. Things need to change, both in personnel and tactics. It's clearly not working currently so change something!

[@Jam43341]

@@jimwocha4949mate give them a chance, you can clearly see a different style of play to what we were doing in the World Cup. How can you expect us to beat some of the best teams in the world when only having a few weeks together working on a new system? Stop being so fucking negative and get behind the boys or don’t bother commenting

[@jimwocha4949]

@@Jam43341 lol 😂 as a fan of England rugby for 40 years I think I'm entitled to comment. I just can't remember a time when we were this bad. I wouldn't mind losing if we were playing exciting rugby but we're not. Can't wait for next weekend to watch Ireland tear us a new one. Can you honestly say that you enjoy watching England right now?

[@Jam43341]

@@jimwocha4949 I much prefer watching England now than I did during the World Cup. Yeah we’re obviously not the best rugby team in the world but at least we’ve shown improvement from a few months ago. It’s a new system it’s not going to be perfect but we look good in defence, if we can cut out the handling errors and get a little bit smarter in defence (which takes time) we could be challenging at the top again in the not too distant future. Just stop being so negative mate it’s not as bad as you’re making it out to be, results haven’t gone our way but at least we’re trying something different.

[@jimwocha4949]

@@Jam43341 good defense? Why do we keep leaking tries then? Ireland will put 5-6 tries on us, no bother. I'm being realistic, not negative. Perhaps if people got their head out of the sand we might actually be a better team. We scaped wins against Wales and Italy and got beat by an average Scottish team. Ireland will batter us and France probably will too which leaves is 4th/5th again. Is that really good enough?

[@luke.hutchinson]

The biggest question is why it’s not translating from training to the game? It seems the Eng shirt is heavy to wear.

[@dennism5731]

Ben Earl is so slow the SCO doctor overtook him chasing after DVDM for the second try, hilarious.

[@adamditch5835]

It's always tough to see England beaten but in the cold light of day errors lost the game. Despite that, just go again, pitch up at Twickenham & do the basics, compete & hopefully show everyone what the team can really do..🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@El_Gato1066]

Young players need to be blooded in a Six Nations to experience/embrace the jump up to international level…. England needed to pick a squad of 25 that were going to play all tournament with the young players in the starting 15 and the experienced ones on the bench…. You’re not gonna win the tournament anyway but at least you build for the future, establish the teamwork/trust and find your own way of playing with a basic framework which still allows for instinctive play to flourish too..

[@user-cf8op8ws5f]

Would love them to actually speak the truth on their style of play and what they think. Honestly, stop going on about building as a team, we're sick of it. A team with that amount of experience and caps is not "building". Week by week you're losing fans.

[@Kkpb-fh5vt]

Well said

[@malcolm9650]

Maybe next time troops🤔

[@barkerk100]

Can Earl play 12?

[@euanwalker9583]

Atleast this has aged well

[@Rugby755]

“All the backs also ran in and celebrated like they had just won the World Cup! Why was Earl not looking to tap and go? He should have been looking to keep Scotland under pressure. “The celebrating of penalties is plain stupid. With the Scottish scrum on the floor, Earl had a great opportunity to take a quick penalty and run into space. What did he and England do instead? They celebrated needlessly, slowed the game right now, and kicked for a line-out.” For once in a while Woodward makes sense. Take heed.

[@rhubarbrooster3093]

They say all this in the build up, about driving standards and Ford having the ability to get them out of trouble then they don't perform on the weekend don't understand it

[@timwannell6477]

As much as I want to be positive and proud, it’s become almost impossible to be so. And I don’t think it’s down to the players, because you can see you’re putting your life and soul into it. But the management team have got to go. Sincerely, they do not have a clue. We are just knowing near the best teams on earth And we need to be. We need to complete overall of the management from top to bottom.

[@G-regTaylor]

Yeah that sounds reasonable and will definitely produce winning results straight away….

[@Powerofmorris84]

Same could have been said about Woodward when he started, plus Graham Henry and Steve Hansen after 2007 QF exit. Eddie Jones had a great start, then became too obsessed with the WC. Alex Ferguson took several years to turn Man Utd around. If he had been any other coach, Pep would have been sacked after his first season at City. Give them time.

[@timwannell6477]

We’ve had over 5 years

[@somanytakennames]

If Ireland had your attitude they’d have gotten rid of Andy Farrell before making them what they are now.

[@timwannell6477]

aaaye you have the point mate. I'm sorry, I'm just so tired of unperforming for years. Its the constant under utilisation of resources

[@dooganboi82]

Sombre vibes here. I see too much tension - in passes, movement, thought. Trying too hard? These boys have 5x the potential vs. what's been shown

[@jimwocha4949]

was the game plan to play for 15 minutes and then let Scotland have the rest of the game as it was their home fixture after all? England were impotent in attack and shaky in defense. Fair play to Scotland for riding the storm and then asserting their dominance.

[@Dickie2702]

So, statistically we had more territory and possession despite 22 handling errors and 23 turnovers, in my eyes an 11 pt game was a miracle.

[@jimwocha4949]

@@Dickie2702 yes, the scoreline actually flattered England. I don't know how relevant the possession stats are really as we just kick away possession when we get it anyway. I think teams might have wised up to the box kick tactic.

[@Dickie2702]

@@jimwocha4949 I really dont think we need to be down hearted. To only lose by 9pts when you make 22 handling errors and cough up 23 turnovers is a small miracle. Yes we have problems but reduce the error count by even 25% and what would the result have been? We have two choices, revert to risk adversed kicking game or be brave and press on with a more expansive game? Personally I'd start with Feyi-Waboso and Cunningham-South and George Martin and give Fin Smith two games to see what he is really made of, before he is confined to the stiffs when Marcus Wow returns, who some, including me, don't think is the answer.

[@jimwocha4949]

@@Dickie2702 I totally agree with the proposed changes you suggest but am concerned about the lack of progress we are making. If anything we seem to be going backwards. I'm all for playing a more expansive style personally. Watching England currently is a painful and frustrating experience right now. We have actually got worse since the end of the EJ era which is saying something.

[@Dickie2702]

@@jimwocha4949 I don't like to be negative but my underlying feeling is SB wasn't the best choice, Felix Jones was a great addition but I think we could find a better attack coach than RW. Other than that pick your best side and stick with them for a decent run of games. I also think we missed Mitchell starting. Just seen Feyi-Waboso is out as he has to return to University for an exam.

[@Kkpb-fh5vt]

Pampered private school boys who lose most weeks.

[@888young2]

As a pose to the state school kids who are such great ambassadors for the country when playing football

[@KBJ58]

The RFU has done what most businesses in trouble do, they've put an accountant in charge. Someone who obsesses over numbers and stats, in the firm belief that if you measure something enough, it will automatically improve. This is the basis for Steve Baldrick's cunning plan. The blitz defence is an interesting development, but to execute it, you need people who follow the plan and don't miss tackles. While we're at it, we could really do with some players who don't have dick-fingers. At this level, there is NO excuse for delivering poor passes and dropping the damned ball. How many times do you see any other top-level team do that? Almost as bad is the number of times some of the fat-boys cough the ball up in contact, In the unlikely event that I was ever to have a say in the team selection for Ireland, there are several players from the 'A' squad who impressed, and with bugger all to lose, we should give a game to. Tuima, Pepper, and Pearson as first choices. Perhaps a little harsh on some of the present incumbents, but hey, who said life had to be fair? Can we also, pretty please, find some damned props who are not middle-aged and can scrummage properly please? There must be a slightly less murdery version of Julian White out there, another Phil Vickery or Jason Leonard would also be most welcome. We also need to cut out this ludicrous and unsporting nonsense of celebrating every penalty, Itoje and Earls seem to be the main culprits. I would be inclined to make it a dropping offence if it continues. You can celebrate when you actually win something (it might be a while). We are also rather short of blockbusting centres. Tuilagi won't last forever, and Lawrence is currently as effective as my mum would be, and she's been dead for ten years. Play some proper wingers who know how to find the try line and we might make a game of it.

[@mamoersebaas2654]

😂sorry dude maybe all was valid points ,but hell way to long for anyone to read that 😂😂

[@Powerofmorris84]

Why are you so angry?

[@liams2033]

Don’t agree with every point but love the passion you put into this post 🤣

[@andreemurray7039]

The team was like a rabbit in the headlights no direction no body shore what to do

[@davidpearn2484]

Sod the sauna learn to play professional rugby first 😂😂😂.

[@thehum1000]

This side wont win nothing, worse England team ive ever seen.

[@benturner190]

What are they going to win?

[@Danimal13]

This is by far the worst coached England side I think ever, there no clear direction, we play attacking rugby but still pick Ford who just wants to kick everything away, we pick 9’s that thrive of quick ball and then make them box kick everything, we play a blitz defence then pick Daly and Ford who can’t tackle. There are so many things wrong with English rugby at the minute including the RFU

[@waynemoore9951]

Spot on

[@agwasp]

I understand the frustration, but I think some is misdirected. Ford is an outstanding 10 and is playing the way he’s coached to play. If he’s kicking its because that’s the game plan. The coach doesn’t just pick players and let them do what they fancy.

[@Danimal13]

@@agwasp except it’s the only way he can play, he’s too slow to run the ball and gets flustered really easily, you could have an attack coach who’d say absolutely no kicking whatsoever and he’d still kick it and it’s so easy for teams to defend, you rush him you get the ball back if you stand off and rush the second receiver they go backwards, I really don’t get why people think Ford is an “outstanding 10” he does nothing to the top level or even above average, he’s a bang average player and England need to move away from him to see improvement

[@somanytakennames]

@@Danimal13 But that’s just simply not true. Ford has played at 10 when our attack has been at its best on many occasions, need I remind you of the semi-final in 2019? He clearly can play within an attacking minded game plan, but there’s only so much a single player can do when a team is coached to play a certain way.

[@MiniMatthew]

Rfu is the main issue, always has been. Full of old twats that drive a money losing business because they have no forward thinking.

[@danedwadd62]

Richard wigglesworth is worst attack coach in the world

[@EnglishVeteran]

And your experience/qualifications that add weight to that quite crass comment?

[@KBJ58]

@@EnglishVeteran I think the evidence of an entirely toothless attack is manifestly obvious to anyone who has even a passing knowledge of the game. You don't need a coaching qualification to spot handling errors, crap passes, or people over-running the ball.

[@joeboonmusic4004]

@@KBJ58 Gotta say i agree. I think Borthwick has merit as a head coach IF surrounded by folks like Felix Jones, but Wigglesworth is barely a Premiership-standard attack coach... the fact that he's our attack coach is a bit of a joke and we're seeing why.

[@EnglishVeteran]

@@KBJ58Football supporter? Yes yes, of course you are correct 😜

[@MatthewNoel1986]

Nick Evans was the best choice. England coaching jobs are probably stressful and horrendous, glad Nev stayed at Quins.

[@BH-ui5eb]

we are so shit

[@nickw6304]

These players just don’t seem mentally tough enough and speak a lot of flowery waffle.

[@ujoggies4944]

Not interested in any of this content anymore …. Just stresses the amount of money we are spending here with Zero result. Good luck to the youngsters but show us a process that is showing progress because this one isn’t !!