Six Nations: Stuart Lancaster wants consistency from his England team
Wednesday 23 January 2013 19:49, UK
Image:Stuart Lancaster: England coach believes consistency is the key to winning the Six Nations
England coach Stuart Lancaster believes consistency will be the key to winning this year's Six Nations.
Twickenham
England will host Scotland, France and Italy at Twickenham, but despite playing three of their five fixtures at home, Lancaster acknowledges that nothing can be taken for granted.
"Scotland at home on the backing of the new coaching team is a difficult game. Two years ago we were four out of four and went to Ireland and got smashed and then two years before that at Croke Park we were beaten even more," he stated.
"Every game is tough. It helps having three games at home, but every game is going to be tough and that's the beauty of the tournament.
"The challenge for us is to hit the ground running and get that consistency we had in the New Zealand game. What we did well that day was not back up an error on an error - that is what we strive towards.
"What was important were not the tries or the scoreline, but being down to 14 men at the end and defending on our own line and not conceding. That mentality and that fight for each other is a bigger defining point than people give it credit for."
