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Originally Posted by Abysmal
Anyone going to defend Robson's decision at the end? Kick to touch has to give them >30% chance of try imo. I doubt they have 20% chance of scoring from the restart and that's assuming Farrel makes the kick 100%.
I think the kick with 8 minutes left was a marginal, albeit correct, decision with a gap of seven points. Robshaw's decision at the end was nuts. I can see his logic - Farrell will almost certainly score there and then they have time for a drop goal, except they only might have time and almost certainly won't.
Agree kick to touch has a decent chance of a try and they have to take it to win the game. Farrell will nail the kick to touch as well as anyone - the way he dealt with the kick at goal because the captain said so, even though he knew it was stupid decision, was really strong stuff.
What's disappointing from an England point of view is that both games (Australia and SA) were theirs to win. Not sure if they are learning the lessons though.