Kicking obsession is so boring for us all

I HAVE a revolutionary template to improve England’s rugby… try playing some! This obsession with kicking possession away makes for a boring and frustrating spectacle.
A lot of my friends don’t bother to watch our national team now. A few observations: Marcus Smith makes two breaks against France and is dropped. Ireland score three blindside tries by passing the ball. Whatever next? We go blind and Owen Farrell puts in his usual grubber kick.
And the scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet has metamorphosised into a younger Ben Youngs. Regardless of managers, where is the ...

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