Re: Antoine Dupont : Sun Feb 02, 2025 10:42 pm
BarnsleyTrinity wrote:
I think Sam was made the scapegoat for England's catastrophic failure at the 2015 World Cup .
Whilst I accept he was fast tracked by the coach Stuart Lancaster in to the England world cup squad the truth was the England camp wasn't together as a group and couldn't handle the pressure of a home world cup .
Sam wasn't anything like as bad as he was made out to be in that tournament and in my opinion Union being what it is , it was easy to blame the Rugby League lad from Heckmondwike for the complete failure of that England team .
Whilst I accept he was fast tracked by the coach Stuart Lancaster in to the England world cup squad the truth was the England camp wasn't together as a group and couldn't handle the pressure of a home world cup .
Sam wasn't anything like as bad as he was made out to be in that tournament and in my opinion Union being what it is , it was easy to blame the Rugby League lad from Heckmondwike for the complete failure of that England team .
My old PE teacher at Kettlethorpe high was Lancaster. It was bizarre seeing him on the big stage
