This weekend's Six Nations fixture between England and Ireland will feature two sides at very different stages in their development.
Whereas Ireland boast a slick attacking unit and are arguably the most exciting team in world rugby at the moment, England have failed to attack with any sort of conviction throughout this year's championship.
Steve Borthwick's side experienced some success in the World Cup with a very conservative style of play, something they were expected to evolve from in the Six Nations. However, their attacking approach so far in the tournament has been limited to say the least.
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Horgan hammers England camp for comments throughout Six Nations
Steve Borthwick has continually discussed how he plans on developing an exciting attacking approach with this England side throughout the Six Nations, although that has yet to yield any results on the pitch.
Speaking on The Good, The Bad and The Rugby podcast, former Ireland winger hammered the England camp for continually making such comments despite the lack of evidence to back it up. He compared it to the approach Ireland have shown in recent times.
Honestly, I think it is charlatan behaviour, it’s horse****.
If you look at Ireland now, Ireland look like a very progressive and evolved team where they’re throwing the ball around, but that’s only in the last little while,” he said.
That comes from a real strict, rigid philosophy and game plan that’s established that gives the options that people take.
It is counter-intuitive. The more structured you are, the more unstructured you can play and the more decision-making you can have...
This idea of expressing yourself, you have to have a system in place. Expressing yourself is making the decisions, making the right decisions.
It’s not like I get the ball on a whim, I decide to do something crazy and so I’m expressing myself as a rugby player, that’s nonsense.
The right option could be a hitch kick and taking this guy around the outside or it could be a flick in behind the back – it could be any of those things – but it’s based on a framework which allows you to make decisions based on what’s in front of you.
England have certainly showed few signs during this year's Six Nations that they are developing as team, something that is likely to pile huge pressure on Steve Borthwick if it continues.
You wouldn't fancy their chances of turning things around against a dominant Ireland side this weekend.
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