Jonny May reveals England change in training for France

England have reacted to the unfamiliar taste of defeat by changing their routine in training to reward outstanding performances rather than highlight failure in the lead-up to the match against France in Paris on Saturday.

Jonny May revealed that England’s analysts have changed the way they measure the performances of players in training, focusing on individuals, while the pink shirt reserved for the player who was slowest to get off the ground in a session has been replaced by a gold one for the players who are quickest and so the most involved.

“The GPS analysts have now produced an algorithm so that you can see what your best session is,” May said when the England wing was asked why the centre Ben Te’o was wearing red socks in training. “He had his best so he got the socks. It is the first time it has been done and I hope we do not have to re-use them. The shirts are a work-related thing, something you cannot measure with GPS, all about how quickly you get off the ground and back into the game.”

England’s defeat at Murrayfield in the previous round of the Six Nations was only their second in 26 Tests under the head coach, Eddie Jones. “It was pretty dark,” May said. “We were all hard on ourselves and we want to go out against France, show what it means and produce our best game.

“The backlash to Scotland was new territory for us and we are trying to use it as a positive. I don’t think we need to reinvent the wheel or go back to the drawing board because we’re a great team.

Source: theguardian