#2. The breakdown
Woodward wrote: “The second area England must be at their best is the breakdown. Make no mistake, they were excellent in this aspect against Wales.
“The back-row of Lewis Ludlam, Jack Willis and Alex Dombrandt did a fine job.
“But France and Ireland will be much better than Wales at the contact area. Wales’ paucity allowed England to steal the ball. Their support runners to the ball carrier weren’t good or quick enough. France and Ireland are far better.
“England will have to make sure that when their carriers go forward, they get the first man there in support to get over the ball. If a blue or green shirt gets there first, then there will be big trouble.”
