by Ellis Genge has knocked back on England’s “Out Out of Touch” heritist and claims that the negative reaction to a nail -bidating Calcutta Cup victory “blew me away”.
Steve Borthwick’s team won their last two Guinness Six Nation Games with the skin of their teeth in the Allianz Stadium and pressed on to France on 26-25 before creating 16-15.
They conceded three attempts and only achieved one at the weekend, with audible boos of the crowd and some hard words from the experts.
Vice-captain Genge was confused by the reaction, which indicates that his side is not due to the stands or on the air waves.
“It is as if they were damn if they do this, damn it if they don’t. In the last 18 months, every time we have lost to a point, we were defamed and we win with one point at the weekend and it is the same old story, ”said Bristol -Prop.
“As a player, it is difficult to digest the fact that people were disappointed that we just won the Calcutta Cup after five years. We won the game and people are still upset about it. It blew me up to be honest.
“There is a feeling that don’t let us be naive. You can feel that people boasted playing. I love the fans, I think they are brilliant, I go around after every game and clap them.
“But after the game the ex-players, who have recently retired and retired for a long time, and people years and years ago … I just can’t believe how untouched they are. The game I read about people who say how far we are. We won two games in the springs and they are angry about it, I don’t understand it.
“It feels like we can’t win so that we are honest. That’s how I feel. We lost to Australia in autumn (a defeat of 42-37 last November) and everyone said: “Brilliant, brilliant, see how to move the ball”. But we lost, so who gives a ****?
“Would you like to be part of a team that gains every single game by one point? Or would you prefer to be part of a team that loses every week, 40 points up to 39? I know what kind of team I want to be. “
Gengs passionate attitude came during the squad’s training camp in York. Around 7,000 fans awaited them on Friday at an open training session at the Lner Community Stadium.
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Ireland 27 England 22
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England 26 France 24
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England 16 Scotland 15
While a strong turnout from the northern contingent of the fan base could help build up some bridges, things will be put to the test again next weekend when England organizes Italy for their penultimate game of the tournament.
France’s 73-24 victory in Rome has set a difficult bar and increased expectations for this game, but Genge has warned not to expect the locks to be opened as a formality.
“You hit Wales in Wales, you took a few scalp with me, so I don’t think you’re a team that people think of a guaranteed victory,” he said.
“It may be from the outside, but we definitely don’t prepare. For some reason, we can be tense a bit with the missions of the game, and it probably prevents us from being as extensive as we want it.
“Being able to box cleverly and fight inside and out is a strength of us. can adapt. Sometimes the game is ugly and in the last three games we have not thrown the ball and did what fans want to see every week, but that’s test rugby. “
