Jamie George has issued a call to arms and said his side will “defend our homeland like every Englishman does” as they try to prevent Ireland from sieging Twickenham on Saturday. Andy Farrell’s side are favorites to make it five wins in a row against England, but George is convinced England can break through and get their Six Nations campaign back on track.
Ireland arrive at Twickenham as bookmakers’ favorites and will secure the Six Nations title and remain what Steve Borthwick has called “the best team in the world” if they win the extra points. Two consecutive Grand Slams.
Meanwhile, England are still hurting from the defeat against Scotland, according to George, despite winning at home to Wales last time out and before that in their first 10 games at Twickenham Only won 3 games. However, George believes the underdog tag suits England and while he admits his side shouldn’t be such big outsiders when playing at home, the captain believes they are capable of achieving “huge” results for English rugby.
“We believe we’re going to win,” George said. “We don’t want anyone, any opposition, to come to Twickenham and have an easy trip. We respect them. They have good players in every aspect. But this is England. This is Twickenham. This is home. We will defend our home like every British citizen.
“in history [being underdogs] It works great for us. Fundamentally, when we play at Twickenham we don’t want to go into the game with the title of loser. But at the same time, we are facing a very, very good team, the best team in the world, and we have a lot of respect for them. We have to do everything we can to make sure we play the game our way.
“We want to win this game and we know we can win this game. I think it will be a big thing for English rugby if we do it because there’s a lot of belief within our squad and what we’re capable of doing. Something very, very special. We’ve talked about taking people with us. A result like this at the weekend will be a big way to do that. It’s going to be a tough test and we’re going to do our best and we need everyone to At the top of our game. When we do that, I think we can be a really good team.”
Borthwick made three changes from the side that lost to Scotland, with Emmanuel Faye-Waboso given the nod and Alex Mitchell and George Martin given the nod. Mitchell’s return means Danny Kyle will be dropped from the bench and he is expected to win his 100th international cap – a role that is not surprising for a reserve player who has already made 56 appearances for England. It’s fitting, and even more special because he spent three-and-a-half years with the England national team. Exiled under Eddie Jones.
“It means the world to me,” said Kyle, who will join Jason Leonard, Ben Youngs, Owen Farrell, Courtney Routh and Dan Cole. Sixth men’s player to reach triple digits. “We always said it was an incredible thing to play for England once. But I always said it was a bit addictive for me. From the first time I wanted to do it again and again, it was That’s why I never give up.
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“For a while I thought it would never happen. Then Steve gave me another chance to live my dream and wear the jersey again. Then it came to my mind that I would love to be the sixth person to do this. A little bit male.
“I have three kids now. As a parent, you want to inspire your kids, if they can look at my career and say, ‘Dad didn’t give up; he didn’t give up. “He keeps trying,” then maybe there will be a message for them to believe in themselves and keep going. It would have been easy for me to give up on it and not want to do it again. I’m always motivated to wear this shirt again. This could be my last chance at Twickenham. I really want to go out for the weekend. “
