By Sir Clive Woodward for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:30 GMT, 17 March 2019 | Updated: 22:43 GMT, 17 March 2019
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If the Six Nations were contested over the first half of games, England would have smashed the competition.
They have been scintillating in the opening 40 minutes but two awful second-half performances against Wales and Scotland have cost them.
Even when England are ahead their opponents will consider them as vulnerable. There is not a clear understanding of what England should do when they come under pressure.
England head coach Eddie Jones has to stop piling on the pressure with his gimmicks
There is so much on Owen Farrell's shoulders at the moment - England are over-reliant on him
The question mark is over the coaching and the decision-making on the field. This is not a coincidence, they have done this in South Africa twice, in Cardiff and now at home to Scotland — failed to win games in which they have been comfortably ahead.
However, the benefit is you can learn so much from these moments. After blowing a Grand Slam in 2000 and 2001 people said my side could not play under pressure. Those losses were the catalyst that transformed our team into tough-pressure players.
At 31-19 ahead against Scotland, England were 12 points up so had to score next to go beyond two scores up. Any points — a penalty or a specially created drop-goal — would have put them three scores ahead and in control of the game.
There is no substitute for time spent in the meeting room going
