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yes, was doing the boys' tea so couldn't clearly see the conditions although it was alluded to on commentary. I mean, for all Slade and Lawrence have to seize the moment, they had next to no ball at all and my god the box kicking was repeatedly poor. In saying that, the forwards struggled to get on the front foot and 'win the collisions' (largely down to Scotland) so we didn't have a great deal of quality ball and every time they strung a few relatively slick phases together it was like they were petrified that the positions had suddenly gone a bit 'organic' and 'loose' and reverted to type by sticking it in behind. Weird lack of confidence
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The conditions towards the end of the game were atrocious meaning that when you'd expect Scotland to start flinging it wide and stretching their legs it wasn't on so they were reduced to pick and go in the tight channels which was where England were strongest.