Jurgen Grobler would growl it from the tow-path as his heavyweight crews heaved on their oars in training, churning up the river underneath them with stroke after stroke, each one carrying them closer to yet another Olympic gold medal. “More power,” Grobler would yell. When Eddie Jones sat down to review England’s dismal Six Nations campaign last year, he reached much the same conclusion about his forward pack. England had finished fifth in the championship, having lost their identity as a forward pack capable of striking fear into opponents in the contact area. They were stopped too easily behind the gain-line, one-off runners ran down blind alleys to be picked off and turned over; they could not…

Source: The Times February 02, 2019 19:07 UTC