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Top two clash in Six Nations

Saturday, February 28 2015 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    England head coach Stuart Lancaster and Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt look forward to their Six Nations match in Dublin.

    Script:

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Stuart Lancaster, England coach (on Ireland):

    "It's going to be one of those games, isn't it. They're got a fantastic record at the moment, won the last nine games. I think I liked at their side and I think there's nine British Lions probably, depending on what their starting 15 is, but probably nine British Lions in their starting 15, which is a big number. So it shows the quality of the players they've got. But as you say, we've beaten them the last three times, so, will it matter? It will be the best team on the day that will win and it will be two good teams going at it."

    SOUNDBITE: (English) Joe Schmidt, Ireland coach:

    (about England)

    "They've been pretty good in the second half, particularly the third quarter of both games. I thought they really upped it. They got a little bit of a slow start last year against France and it cost them long term. I think they'll be building in to starting the first quarter with as much accuracy and aggression as they can, and trying to put us under as much pressure as possible. I think Wales did pretty well to construct their first field position, and on the back of that Taulupe Faletau did unbelievable well to pull the ball almost out of the front row and then get a great off-load to Rhys Webb. So, a few things in any Test match can go against you, but you see a little bit of the collective and the character when you see a team come back and bench mark themselves in the performance they put in against Wales."

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