Winger Tommy Freeman has stated England will put stress on France scrum-half Antoine Dupont and “take his legs” at Twickenham on Saturday.
Dupont — thought-about by many to be the perfect participant on this planet — ran riot in France’s 43-0 thrashing of Wales final week, with three attempt assists.
The 28-year-old is in a wealthy vein of kind for membership and nation, however Freeman insisted even Dupont is not proof against feeling stress.
“You’ll be able to’t overestimate how good a participant he’s, however he is human. He is like everybody else… You are taking his legs and he goes down,” Freeman stated.
“It is all about selecting issues up good and early with him and placing him below stress.
“I am positive like every other participant, whenever you put stress on them they begin to leak just a few alternatives.”
England have not crushed France of their final three encounters, together with a 53-10 drubbing by Les Bleus the final time the 2 sides met at Twickenham in 2023.
England defence coach Joe El-Abd — who has hung out teaching in France — stated Dupont was earmarked for greatness even in his early years.
“We knew the place he was going to go. It was spoken about within the dressing room, even in France, that there was a participant coming by means of that was going to be one thing a bit completely different,” El-Abd stated.
“We noticed the expertise was there instantly. So he is all the time had it, however aligned with the work that he places in, it was all the time going to come back to this.
Nonetheless, El-Abd agreed with Freeman that England cannot present an excessive amount of respect to the talismanic No. 9.
“We have to put him below as a lot stress as attainable so we do not see these moments tomorrow.
“Their assault is fairly full, they’ve threats everywhere in the pitch,” he added.
“We should be prepared to pay attention each single second within the recreation. If we are able to try this, I am positive that we are able to have recreation tomorrow.”
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