John Mitchell Demands England Improve Basics Despite Record World Cup Win Over Samoa

England’s triumph complete Samoa was a record Rugby World Cup triumph for nan Red Roses but nan caput coach, John Mitchell, said “their basics fto them down” during a 2nd half play wherever they fto their ft disconnected nan gas.

The Red Roses raced to a 47-0 half-time lead but fumbled lineouts and had knock-ons which thwarted their momentum during nan 2nd half. England’s Mitchell hugely praised his squad but said it was a task to support up nan pressure.

Mitchell said: “Firstly, I thought nan commencement was an energetic, very objective start. I deliberation arsenic nan crippled wore connected and nan scoreboard was building, it was ever going to beryllium this group’s situation to enactment successful nan process and build pressure. So there’s ever thing to hole successful this game. Ultimately astatine nan extremity of nan time if you’re going to people it hard, why didn’t we build unit successful that period? Maybe our basics fto america down connected those mates of occasions. We wouldn’t beryllium quality if we didn’t person thing to fix.”

Amongst nan try-scorers was nan fly-half and subordinate of nan lucifer Helena Rowland, who besides kicked 11 of 14 conversions. The versatile backmost impressed Mitchell pinch her performance.

“She was outstanding,” he said. “She’s sewage a awesome skillset. She drove nan crippled really well. Communicated each week. You could show that she was going to execute good and she did. A batch of nan different girls fed disconnected her direction. I thought she was down successful nan correct extremity of nan section erstwhile we needed to beryllium there. She directed onslaught really good to let america to spell forward. She tin hunt weakness beautiful quickly done her pace. She was decidedly an illustration of an outstanding triple threat.”

England person been deed pinch a fewer injuries successful this tourney pinch nan skipper Zoe Aldcroft ruled retired for nan crippled against Samoa and their last excavation lucifer against Australia. She isn’t nan only interest pinch Emily Scarratt picking up a enarthrosis wounded and Holly Aitchison dealing pinch an ankle problem.

But Mitchell eased immoderate fears of further issues, saying: “Naturally, we each request to spell done our processes medically. But correct astatine nan infinitesimal it was not a batch that’s dangerous.

“Injury gods haven’t been that benignant to america astatine nan commencement of nan tournament, we person managed to get to this point. Getting minutes successful to everyone isolated from Holly, truthful hopefully we tin proceed pinch that bully group health.”