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Bill Ellis Podcast - Episode 2 - McOnie, Mils, & Salizzo pay tribute to Sir Brian Lochore

This week on the Bill Ellis Podcast: McOnie, Mils, and Salizzo pay tribute to one of the great men of All Blacks rugby, Sir Brian Lochore. Was BJ a fan of the film Titanic? How much RWC game-plan will the ABs show against the Wallabies? When will the they settle on their best midfield combination? And what can we expect from the Bledisloe Cup where ‘dual opensides’ & ‘twin playmakers’ line up for both sides?

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Flankly 2 hours ago
'Absolute madness': Clive Woodward rips into Borthwick in wake of NZ loss

Borthwick is supposed to be the archetypical conservative coach, the guy that might not deliver a sparkling, high-risk attacking style, but whose teams execute the basics flawlessly. And that's OK, because it can be really hard to beat teams that are rock solid and consistent in the rugby equivalent of "blocking and tackling".


But this is why the performance against NZ is hard to defend. You can forgive a conservative, back-to-basics team for failing to score tons of tries, because teams like that make up for it with reliability in the simple things. They can defend well, apply territorial pressure, win the set piece battles, and take their scoring chances with metronomic goal kicking, maul tries and pick-and-go goal line attacks.


The reason why the English rugby administrators should be on high alert is not that the English team looked unable to score tries, but that they were repeatedly unable to close out a game by executing basic, coachable skills. Regardless of how they got to the point of being in control of their destiny, they did get to that point. All that was needed was to be world class at things that require more training than talent. But that training was apparently missing, and the finger has to point at the coach.


Borthwick has been in the job for nearly two years, a period that includes two 6N programs and an RWC campaign. So where are the solid foundations that he has been building?

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