Former England centre Will Greenwood delivers his half-term report on England's Six Nations campaign in the Daily Telegraph.
"BREAKDOWN
Squeaky clean compared to recent years. England have decided against scrapping for every possession and now try to pick and choose. Discipline has been strong and yet I now feel that England may have gone too far the other way. On opposition ball England now fail to threaten enough turnovers; on England’s own ball, Ben Youngs has delivered slow ball, sometimes his own fault, sometimes down to players stopping on the ball and not cleaning out properly. England need quicker ball.
VERDICT
Can't argue with top of the table. Can't sniff at two away wins. But in 2004 as world champions England had the same fixture list and went on to lose two of their next three games. Stuart Lancaster and Graham Rowntree must maintain the work ethic to improve because getting better never stops. Changes to a winning team can maintain the edge and offer opportunity to push the squad on. This is the perfect time to find out just how good some players really are."
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