ENGLAND HOPE TO get an early advantage against Ireland — by making their players walk through the Twickenham crowds to the dressing room.
Atmosphere around the ground is expected to be at fever pitch ahead of tomorrow’s 4pm kick off and to tap into it, England have changed their pre-match route.
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Instead of pulling right up to the gate, the team bus will stop 25 yards further away to allow the players to walk through a throng of fans in the West car park.
“When we drive to the ground it’s all quiet and chilled out and then you get off the bus and there’s just rows and rows of white shirts and white flags,” captain Chris Robshaw explained.
“It’s that moment that you see on the TV growing up and stuff, this is what it’s really about, we’ve got to go out there and make it happen now.”
Step 1 in England's plan: park the bus and make their players walk through the crowd
ENGLAND HOPE TO get an early advantage against Ireland — by making their players walk through the Twickenham crowds to the dressing room.
Atmosphere around the ground is expected to be at fever pitch ahead of tomorrow’s 4pm kick off and to tap into it, England have changed their pre-match route.
Instead of pulling right up to the gate, the team bus will stop 25 yards further away to allow the players to walk through a throng of fans in the West car park.
“When we drive to the ground it’s all quiet and chilled out and then you get off the bus and there’s just rows and rows of white shirts and white flags,” captain Chris Robshaw explained.
“It’s that moment that you see on the TV growing up and stuff, this is what it’s really about, we’ve got to go out there and make it happen now.”
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