England have been tapping into the data of veteran assault guru Brian Ashton to attain their goal of filling Twickenham.
The Purple Roses ran in 14 tries in an 88-10 victory over Eire that locations them on the point of claiming a sixth consecutive Guinness Girls’s Six Nations title after they face France on Saturday.
An exhilarating attacking efficiency earlier than a 48,778 crowd was born out of the idea that with a view to play in entrance of a full home of Twickenham at subsequent 12 months’s residence World Cup, they have to play interesting rugby.
And serving to them obtain that goal is Ashton, a former England males’s head coach thought to be a visionary within the recreation whose experience has been enlisted by Purple Roses boss John Mitchell.
“Brian makes us ask questions. ‘If that is the image, what’s the simplest way you can take the wins?’” mentioned Dow, who ran in a hat-trick towards Eire.
“I do assume it’s about asking these questions and having Brian Ashton obtainable all through the week…I completely adore the person.
“The best way he phrases issues virtually makes you re-think the philosophy of rugby. I believe within the English model the philosophy is ‘let’s kick to the nook, let’s take the territory’. However is that the philosophy of all rugby? Can we develop that?
“On the finish of the day, skilled rugby is a enterprise in its personal approach. We should be proving to the entire of England that we are able to play an thrilling model of rugby.”
Whereas England march on by overwhelming the opposition in entrance of them, Eire’s blowout highlights the gulf in school within the ladies’s recreation and impacts the credibility of the Six Nations.
The Purple Roses have accrued 228 factors after 4 rounds and France are the one European crew able to taking the wind out of their sails when the rivals conflict in Bordeaux.
“I 100 per cent assume groups will catch up and as a lot as we could also be on high now, it’s on us to attempt to work to maintain that place and demand extra from ourselves,” Dow mentioned.
“As a result of as a lot as we’d love the sport to develop, we need to maintain the hole ourselves and proceed to show that we may be the most effective.”