England adopt cold war tactics in bid to avoid Six Nations embarrassment

• Eddie Jones’ side use military technique to spot potential weakness
• Champions struggled to deal with Italy’s approach to ruck last year

England have adopted cold war military tactics to guard against the kind of embarrassment suffered as a result of Italy’s approach to the rules of engagement during last year’s Six Nations.

The defence coach, Paul Gustard, has revealed England have introduced “military red-teaming” – a practice previously employed by the US armed forces and intelligence agencies against the Soviet Union – that involves an organisation instructing an independent group to improve its effectiveness by assuming an adversarial role and probing its weaknesses.

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