Danny Care brands former coach Conor O'Shea the most negative man in rugby
Six NationsMonday, 27 February 2017 at 14:46
Conor O’Shea has managed to change his reputation in one game
The Irishman ordered their Italy squad not to compete for the ball on the floor
The tactic drew the wrath of England head coach Eddie Jones
Danny Care admitted after England's victory that he wants to speak with his former coach to understand why he encouraged the Italians to adopt a 'no-ruck' approach to Sunday's game.
“I’m going to pick his brains over a beer." revealed the England scrum-half.
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"He’s gone from being the most attacking man in rugby to the most negative in one game
“They felt they had to do it to try to get a result but they didn’t.”
And Care, who worked under O'Shea for many year's added it was nothing the Irishman had ever brought up.
“No, no. We never tried to do that” Care added.
“Why the law is like that I don’t know, but it’s within the laws to do it. We’ve experienced it against us a couple of times, but only once or twice in certain games.
“To have it in every breakdown is something new. It’s another thing this team has experienced.
"We got through it and managed to find a way, it probably took us a bit longer to adapt than we wanted to but we did and we got five points. We’d have taken that at the start of the game
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