Awful atmosphere:
He also called out the under par atmosphere at the game, which was obvious for everyone to see on social media.
“I was sitting in the stands as a fan on Sunday for the first time in a long while and it was a totally underwhelming and frankly awful experience.” wrote Woodward.
He added: “The RFU kept playing naff music throughout the match and I spent half the afternoon standing up because people were back and forth buying beers.
“The atmosphere felt artificial and contrived and, to top it off, England’s performance was so bad. Everyone was bored out of their brains.”
Fans obviously agreed with Woodward’s brutal assessment.
Probably somewhat due to the weather and lack of exciting play, the crowd did seem quieter than usual for a bit test match.
“Twickenham like a church. No atmosphere,” wrote one supporter.
A second commented: “Twickenham crowd sitting on their hands as usual. Flat corporate crowd and canned MUSIC, barely a rugby fan to be seen. Just like the RFU like it.”
“Could hear a pin drop in Twickenham.. rugby due hards are obviously still stunned by the names on the jerseys while the new folks must be struggling to find the argies names in the program to put in their insta post.”
A fourth said: “Twickenham is just a vapid soulless hole isn’t it?”
“It is sooo quiet in Twickenham! There’s absolutely no atmosphere there what so ever. What a snooze fest,” commented a sixth.”
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