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With Fraser Dingwall’s growing center partnership ollie lawrence was one of the biggest positives to emerge from England victory over new zealand he was full of them and northampton saints The star discusses what makes the pair so successful.
Although they played against each other a few times at youth level, it was only During this fall’s Quilter Nations Series He has got a chance to properly renew that link-up for the senior England team.
debut together against Italy during this year’s Six Nations This lasted less than 10 minutes before Lawrence left with a ruptured Achilles tendon This ultimately took them out of contention for the British and Irish Lions tour, but they have now become steve borthwick12-13 axis is preferred for 38-18 win Fiji and over fantastic 33-19 Dingwall started the autumn with Saints teammate Tommy Freeman.
There were glimpses of his quality against Fiji, but he reached another level in England’s first win over New Zealand at Twickenham since 2012, producing a brilliant performance in attack to thrash the All Blacks.
Lawrence scored a try in the first half when he displayed his freakish physicality to push Leroy Carter to the ground and then bounced Beauden Barrett’s attempted tackle, before showing a more deft touch in the second half when he slipped the ball inside to Dingwall, who ran a stunning line that enabled him to weave between two defenders and touch down for a try that increased the advantage to 25–12.
And Dingwall reveals that partnering with someone with Lawrence’s gifts makes his job easier.
“I feel fortunate to be able to play with such a talented individual,” Dingwall said. “He can do some unbelievable things, he can open up some space for me as well which we saw.
“Central partnerships always take a bit of time to develop and you work on how you can complement each other. Luckily we’ve known each other for a long time, we’ve played a few age group things together.
“As for the build, it’s the first time we’ve done a bit of racing together which has been good. He’s obviously a bit bigger than me and can do some power work and hopefully I can do a few bits to keep him in space as well.
“Have a little understanding [from age-grade] But it just takes work. Spending time together from work to training week. There’s no secret other than spending time together, talking to each other, reviewing things together and really working to understand how the partnership works, get the best out of each other and get a backline to function and hopefully we’re starting to find that.
Dingwall also believes Lawrence has returned stronger than ever after recovering from a devastating Achilles injury that has affected him for both England and club side Bath.
“What I know about Ollie is that he wants to be one of the greatest center backs in the world and he has the ability to do that,” the 26-year-old said.
“Look at how he’s recovered from his rehab. If he came back a few months ago his mind is obviously in a good place, he was pushing every single feature to get out of it. He’s in a great place mentally and you’re seeing some great performances because of that.”
Northampton Saint also discussed the intricacies of their 55th-minute try, as the centers combined to take advantage of some of the space you saw earlier.
“We actually called it a few lineouts earlier and we drove it and we were both like, ‘Go ahead, there’s a bit of space there, looks like it might be a good option’,” Dingwall explained.
“We came into the game and called it and said ‘You’re against 12 here so I think I’m going to go in for it’ and he agreed. He played on the right line and I skated without getting touched. It was on top of the game.
“George Ford called the play but the option was that we actually played in it, so tip pass, me and Ollie were working on that.”
England are now on a 10-match winning streak and can complete a wonderful autumn if they beat Argentina at the Allianz Stadium next weekend.
While he may not be underestimating a Pumas team that has impressed during the Rugby Championship and beaten Scotland and Wales earlier this month, Dingwall highlighted the importance of finishing the campaign on a high.
“This is incredibly important,” he added. “We don’t want to be a team that is at the top and has one-to-one performances or has huge performances. If you really want to be the team we want to be, you have to do that every week.
“So I have no questions about how the group will move forward with the same attitude to get better. Review the game honestly, learn from, take the positives but once again it’s about attacking another week, we are playing against a quality Argentina side and that becomes the next most important thing.
“They’re a great team, they’ve got some incredible players. They’re a dynamic team, they’re physical with their forward players but their backs are able to move the ball well, have some pace and some really good players. It’s not a challenge we’re going to take lightly, it’s a fair test and it’s really exciting going into another week.
,[Four wins form four] It wasn’t talked about so much before the games, we’re focusing on it week-by-week. But we have long-term goals where we want to get to and that’s all part of it and building momentum and identity and understanding what we are as a group and the confidence within that, that’s one of the main objectives this autumn and we’re doing a great job on that so far.