Winger Tommy Freeman has mentioned England will put strain on France scrum-half Antoine Dupont and “take his legs” at Twickenham on Saturday.
Dupont — thought of by many to be one of the best participant on the 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 type for membership and nation, however Freeman insisted even Dupont is not proof against feeling strain.
“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 mentioned.
“It is all about selecting issues up good and early with him and placing him underneath strain.
“I am positive like some other participant, once you put strain 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 frolicked teaching in France — mentioned 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 that was going to be one thing a bit completely different,” El-Abd mentioned.
“We noticed the expertise was there straight away. So he is at all times had it, however aligned with the work that he places in, it was at all times going to return to this.
Nevertheless, El-Abd agreed with Freeman that England cannot present an excessive amount of respect to the talismanic No. 9.
“We have to put him underneath as a lot strain as doable so we do not see these moments tomorrow.
“Their assault is fairly full, they have 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 an excellent recreation tomorrow.”
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