England look to exploit potential fatigue
England and the other home nations will be looking to take advantage of any fatigue that may affect the teams competing in the Tri-Nations, before taking on the World Cup in September. While England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales only have warm-up games planned between now and the start of the competition in September, the southern hemisphere sides will have to go through a Tri-Nations tournament in the run-up.
While the three man tournament has been reduced in length due to the World Cup, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand will all have to assess the risks of playing full-strength sides so close to the sports showpiece event only a month later. There are some reports suggesting the squads will be a mix of youth with some experience thrown in, but by no means full strength. Those looking at the Rugby World Cup 2011 odds need to remember this.
Englands number eight Nick Easter has this week admitted he will be hoping his side can take advantage of any tiredness that might affect the three top-teams in world rugby, admitting the northern hemisphere teams could well have an advantage despite the tournament being held Down Under.
This time the northern hemisphere teams might have a little bit of an advantage over the southern hemisphere teams in terms of the scheduling because weve had a break, he said.
We dont have any rugby match now until the first warm-up game in August, so we have a good window to train hard and get prepared properly.
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