Jamie George’s warning to Ireland despite England flop in Scotland

Before the Guinness Six Nations match between Ireland and New England on March 9 in London, the captain of New England, Jamie George, has warned the Grand Slam favourites. For the first time since 2019, the English travelled to Edinburgh on Saturday with the intention of building on their encouraging opening round performance of two straight victories.But Scotland winger Duhan van der Merwe’s precision finishing, which resulted in a comfortable 30-21 victory, ended their winning run. It was the first-ever hat-trick by a Scottish player in the Calcutta Cup’s history, lasting 25 minutes.

The outcome dashed the brittle hope that England was building on the bronze medal finish they earned at the Rugby World Cup in October, having advanced to the semi-finals by the weaker side of the draw. England had defeated Wales by two points and Italy by three points in recent weeks.

Since Felix Jones replaced Kevin Sinfield as defence coach at the beginning of the season, England has allowed eight tries in three games, indicating that his blitz defence has not yet fully settled in.

The next time they play, they will face an Ireland offence that has scored 15 tries in its three games this season. Predicted to be the next in the much-anticipated Irish drive to their first-ever back-to-back Grand Slam wins, England looks to be a mismatch on paper.

Nevertheless, the 33-year-old George, who has experienced multiple victories over Ireland in the past, left Scottish Gas Murrayfield with the unwavering belief that England can rise above the abyss and truly hurt Andy Farrell’s Irish team in London. “I find it really exciting that we are returning to Twickenham,” he said.

We’ve talked a lot about the history we hope to make at Twickenham and how difficult it must be for the opposition to visit, and that will undoubtedly be the main focus.

“We are aware that Ireland has a fantastic squad. They have demonstrated that throughout the past few weeks, months, and years. However, we will be a very difficult team to defeat at Twickenham.

Social media users mocked England for the way they lost their most recent match against Scotland. In the last seven Calcutta Cup matches, the English have only won once. In 2019, the Scots have won five of the matches and drawn the other one 38-all after falling behind 0-31.

Only 15 minutes into Saturday’s renewal in Edinburgh, England led 10-0 thanks to a starting lineup that featured five changes from the round two victory against Wales. However, Duhan van der Merwe’s 25-minute try hat-trick easily defeated them, and their comeback attempt was mainly seen as lacklustre.

George, though, insisted that despite the depressing nine-point loss, upset England supporters still had cause for celebration. When asked what message he would like to deliver to the supporters of his country, he said, “I hope they saw the same level of fight and commitment we showed over the last couple of weeks.”

“The fundamentals are sound, but as players, we know that we must improve and better carry out the game plan. Given the background to the game, we were aware that it would be challenging to get here. We didn’t measure up.

“I think the first 20 minutes of the game gave the spectators a glimpse of what English rugby is all about and how we want to play as a team. Now, the question is whether we can support that for eighty minutes.

We’ve won a lot of our last games if you look at our performance over the last nine or ten games, so yeah, I can see the displeasure.

“There are many encouraging indicators when you take a step back and consider the bigger picture of our team’s performance, where we are headed, and where we are at as a whole. Do we still need to improve? Indeed. Are we making every effort to achieve that? Indeed.

“After turnovers, there was undoubtedly a point where we needed to be more composed. We exerted a great deal of pressure on Scotland and frequently turned them over, but we needed to maintain our calm to position ourselves correctly because our intentions are always clear when we have the ball.

That was annoying. The good news is that over the coming weeks, we can make sure to address that and give it more attention.

England is scheduled to have a half-week camp, which includes an open training in York, on Wednesday to start that fix-up. George will find the days leading up to that assembly to be very meaningful because his mother Jane lost away tragically only on February 14.

On Wednesday, we’ll be gathering once more. It’s critical that during these intervals, everyone takes a little vacation time. We witnessed the sometimes brutal nature of test rugby (at Murrayfield). Everyone should make time to spend with their families.

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