{"id":1364,"date":"2023-08-18T19:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T19:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/rugby-world-cup-2023-england-need-to-channel-owen-farrell-frustrations-courtney-lawes\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T19:00:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T19:00:40","slug":"rugby-world-cup-2023-england-need-to-channel-owen-farrell-frustrations-courtney-lawes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/rugby-world-cup-2023-england-need-to-channel-owen-farrell-frustrations-courtney-lawes\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby World Cup 2023: England need to channel Owen Farrell frustrations – Courtney Lawes"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Courtney Lawes made his first start for England since 2022 against Wales last weekend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/thead>\n\n\n\n
Venue:<\/strong> Aviva Stadium <\/span>Dates:<\/strong> Saturday, 19 August <\/span>Kick-off:<\/strong> 17:30 BST<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coverage:<\/strong> Live text commentary on the BBC Sport website and app.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

England need to channel the frustrations they feel over the treatment of Owen Farrell when they face Ireland, says Courtney Lawes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Farrell has been left out of the squad for the game in Dublin after World Rugby <\/span>appealed against the decision<\/span><\/a> to overturn his red card against Wales.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

England’s captain could now miss a chunk of their World Cup pool matches.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We can certainly tap into it a bit because it’s a big game,” vice-captain Lawes said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This is an interesting adversity because it’s an individual player and we’re not in the World Cup yet, so we can’t peak too early,” he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

“You’ve got to be careful of that – checks and balances and all that kind of stuff. But we can certainly tap into it.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell called the controversy over son Owen’s current disciplinary process a <\/span>“circus” that is “absolutely disgusting”<\/span><\/a> with the appeal causing a disruption to England’s preparation this week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Farrell’s Ireland won the Grand Slam this year and reached number one in the World Rugby rankings – a feat they also achieved before the 2019 World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the build-up to that tournament, fly-half Johnny Sexton said Ireland <\/span>had not “peaked too soon”<\/span><\/a> but they ended up losing in the quarter-finals to New Zealand – who they had beaten a year earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lawes, 34, says showcasing England’s “talent” and “hard work” in their warm-up games is more of a priority than winning them.<\/span><\/p>\n

After facing Ireland on Saturday, England host Fiji at Twickenham on 26 August before they depart for France. They face Argentina in their opening World Cup game on 9 September in Marseille.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We’re looking to win but the main thing for us is that we actually put our talent, effort and hard work on to the pitch,” Lawes said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The last 10 weeks of pre-season have been pretty gruelling and we want to show what we’ve been working on.”<\/span><\/p>\n

England opened their World Cup warm-up campaign with <\/span>a 20-9 loss in Cardiff<\/span><\/a> to Wales before <\/span>a 19-17 win<\/span><\/a> in the rematch at Twickenham, with Lawes returning to the side in the latter after he made only one brief substitute appearance in the Six Nations due to injury.<\/span><\/p>\n

“That’s been the frustrating thing for us in the last two games – we just haven’t performed as well as we know we can,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We lost a game and went close to losing another. At some point it will click for us and that’s when people will see the amount of hard work we’ve put in.”<\/span><\/p>\n

England also face Japan, Chile and Samoa in their World Cup pool.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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