Amid the scars left by life in the second row, Steve Portoic has a good booker face.
He does not have much to say, while maintaining his emotions under a narrow profit and his ideas for himself.
But Tuesday was not a trick.
By naming his team two days ago, Portok put his cards on the table and challenged Ireland to prove his mistake.
England stuck to Marcus Smith in Fly Haif and Faridy Steward in the full back, Oldan Morley first chose the wing and see the house on the back row from Ben Iral, Tom Carey and his twin brother Ben.
The choice was a statement of intent. To win air, to the SAP Ireland speed through a troublesome floor game and throw a defensive blanket on their attack.
For 40 minutes, the Burtwick Plan has been paid.
England recorded the attempt early as Smith ran into a kick, the first Lawrence hit a hole and Henry Selid Lentle put the ball on a plate of Morley.
Earl and Twindaloo – SALE Fans for The Curry Brothers – caused hardship in Ireland.
They were steam in collapse, slowing the ball as the potential attackers were withdrawn to secure the supply lines.
The defense was flat and fast, scattered the attack patterns in Ireland. By shortening the exit line – a potential weakness – they diluted the jump forest in Ireland.
The new team captain Maru Etoji showed his intelligence, making sure that Ben Okif saw and heard the contract that Tadhaj Bern had from his leg, and the referee left no choice but to try Ireland.
He was promising.
After delaying at the end of every six countries last year, England reached 40 minutes at the forefront.
It could have been better.
You have stumbled by Smith Sin for 10 minutes.
After some brave defense, it was not only the last thing to play the power that Ireland managed to register, as James Louis Alex Mitchell ignored like a wet cage to put it in Jamson Gibson Park.
Aviva faded with nerves in the interval.
Memories of 2019, when the unparalleled England team drew the theft of the perfect opening day for Ireland's obstruction, suddenly looked more vibrant.
Full -time although they, like England, may disintegrate.
