Can England boss Stuart Lancaster back up the positive spin with results?
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The Guardian's Rob Kitson offers an insight into an off-the-record briefing given to the media by England boss Stuart Lancaster.
"It is impossible to overstate the gale of fresh Pennines air which has begun to blow through English rugby. The unfamiliar names on the squad list reflect the shifting climate but the change in attitude is the most striking. When in 10 days' time the players arrive at the Sycamores, home of West Park Leeds RUFC, for their pre-Six Nations training camp, they will be walking into a cultural revolution.
"Stuart Lancaster, England's interim head coach, was not about to give all his tactical secrets away on day one but already it is clear how he has achieved world-class level-five coaching status. By way of welcoming the media to Yorkshire for the start of a potentially gripping adventure, he gave an off-the-record presentation on his attacking philosophy which ranked among the most gloriously refreshing delivered by any coach in my biro-chewing experience. Suffice to say, he made some of his predecessors sound like blinkered speak-your-weight machines."
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