England aiming for best attack in world rugby - Ben Youngs
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England will use this autumn to try to develop the best attacking game in world rugby, scrum-half Ben Youngs says.
Eddie Jones' side start their autumn campaign against Argentina at Twickenham on Saturday, before matches with Australia and Samoa.
And with the 2019 World Cup now under two years away, Youngs, 28, has urged England to keep evolving.
"We want to attack like no other team in the world attacks," he said.
"We want to be flat and fast on teams, we want to be on top of teams and constantly at them," he told the Rugby Union Weekly podcast.
England have won 19 out of 20 Test matches since Jones took charge at the end of 2015.
"When we turned up [at camp this autumn] the first thing we spoke about is how the next two years is more important than the previous two," Youngs added.
"We can't stay where we are, because that won't be good enough."
Leicester fly-half George Ford, who partners Youngs at half back at club and country level, agrees that England have plenty of room for improvement.
"We want to be unpredictable in the way we attack," Ford, 24, said.
"We want to be good in all aspects: getting the ball into space, physically dominating teams, kicking the ball into space.
"It's not re-inventing the wheel, but about being better at what we do."
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From a Welshman who wishes Eddie Jones would cross the bridge.
Me too. I've never rated Jim Nowell.
Although its a pity that Jack Nowell is injured. He's a real live wire.
Go on then, name the squad made up entirely of Southern Hemisphere imports.
This should stunning.
36 minutes ago
no posts about arrogant England yet, the welsh must all still be in bed!
It's called work mate, some of us don't spend our time faffing about on the internet all day
What could they say? Youngs admitted that there's much room for improvement but that the team has ambition.
England have the players, the coaching staff and the strength in depth to realise the aspiration. To deny it would be idiocy.
Please though, let Genge go on a rampage this Autumn!
Only teams playing in red, green or dark blue are allowed to aspire!
The arrogance!
Ford is probably the best attacking 10 in the NH.
He may get ran over every now and again but he nearly always slows the attacker or negates the offload until someone else gets there.
If you can play Ford & Farrel why wouldn't you?
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Our pack can be massive if you can pick from the current pool of players without injury.
Now crucially, aiming to be best is not the same thing as saying that you actually are the best...but the Beeb know that this will be the inference drawn by the type of reader who is just aching to be affronted. Cue an active HYS.
This is genuinely **** journalism and part of a trend!
Disagree with you on Ford. Eng play best with Ford & OF together - a role which goes back to their U20 days. For last 2 seasons Eng have had a small backline compared to most other teams but 19/20 record
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31 minutes ago
I'm all in favour of attack,but don't forget about defense,we don't really want the Keegan idea,if you score 3 we'll score 4
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It seems to work pretty well for the All blacks.
The English Rugby Football Union have being waving their chequebook for years in South Africa and the South Sea Islands buying not just an attack but a whole team and coach.
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Your knowledge of English rugby, its structure and workings is negligible.
But you ignore the NZRU for allowing PIs to stay on after 'sports scholarships' so they can qualify for the ABs....
Why can't some of you just enjoy the sport?