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Captain Jamie George says England have reviewed footage of final yr’s file residence defeat by France as they put together to enact revenge within the Six Nations.
George described England’s 53-10 defeat at Twickenham as one of many “darkest days” in his profession.
England haven’t overwhelmed France away from residence since they final claimed the Grand Slam in 2016 and George says they “know what’s coming” in Lyon.
“Now we have checked out final yr’s sport this week,” George informed BBC Sport.
“We might be silly not too. It was one of many darkest days of my profession and that was not what English rugby ought to be about.
“We had been many percentages off and when you’re that poor towards a staff like France you recognize you need to be overwhelmed.”
France have been removed from their finest with out influential half-back pairing Antoine Dupont and Roman Ntamack, however George says their heavyweight pack stays a energy.
Les Bleus made a number of second-half modifications within the forwards to achieve the momentum and overcome Wales of their final outing.
“They’re up there with essentially the most bodily pack on the earth on the minute,” added 33-year-old hooker George.
“Their pack gained them the sport in the long run towards Wales. It was fairly tight after 60 minutes however the bench that got here on dismantled that Welsh pack.
“France have quite a lot of large males with quite a lot of weight however we now have to stay to our weapons and take it to them.”
‘We aren’t going to alter the way in which we play’
England arrive in Lyon after beating defending champions Eire to maintain their faint title ambitions alive. They’ll nonetheless win the match in the event that they defeat France with a bonus level and Eire fail to gather some extent towards Scotland.
Steve Borthwick’s facet outscored Eire 3-2 on tries after taking part in with better attacking intent than beforehand on this yr’s competitors.
George says the plan is not going to change within the newest instalment of ‘Le Crunch’.
He added: “We aren’t going to alter the way in which we play due to who we face.
“On the World Cup we had a robust kicking sport, our set-piece was excellent and defensively we had been properly linked.
“However now, we need to deliver line velocity and get again behind the ball as an choice to play and take groups on.
“Generally previously within the early video games in my England profession you could have felt a bit restricted by a plan. Now we have a freedom to precise ourselves and use our extremely proficient gamers with ball in hand.
“I am excited to complete our Six Nations on a excessive …. It brings a smile to my face interested by what we are able to obtain on Saturday.”