Tom Wood admits that he still very hammering by England and the rest taken after the Irish in Dublin used obsession. England Six Nations Grand Slam dream on a large scale have been wiped away from Ireland, but on Sunday a modicum of revenge he will be able to achieve.
A little brain, as only two players that Ulster hooker Rory three weeks ago Rory Best and powerful winger Andrew Trimble and England in the wood will contain penalty.
Wood said, “I learned how passionate the Irish are in Dublin”.
“We will have to be better than we were on Saturday. Our attacking flair was pretty good but our defensive organisation was a bit shoddy at times.
“There is plenty to work on there and perhaps our decision-making at the breakdown cost us some penalties. When you are up against a good kicker you can’t afford that. We will have to be on our guard a little bit more in defence but we will take out a lot of positives from the win.”
Compensation in the minds of wood is not the disappointment in Dublin. This wood with Worcester European Challenge Cup first Heineken Cup campaign after work, whereas they reached the semi finals with the Warriors.
“There will be some crossover I would imagine but we take each game on its individual merits. It is a one off knockout competition - we will be full on.
“This is definitely one of the reasons why I joined Northampton, but I also just like the way things are done here.
“I really learn from the players around me, from Dorian (West), Jim (Mallinder) and Grays (Paul Grayson). When I decided to come here it was a challenge really to see if I could get into this sort of attacking side with so many stars and such strength in depth.”
Wood with inexperienced England international arena when he strode in full from any of the show.
Playing in front of 80,000 fans and 72,000 experience the good of this world will be.
If he had not the chance on this with awe and trepidation any game this Sunday will be looking for. His life is the biggest club game, but the tests themselves in the field showing no signs of nerves, I proved I can handle.
Wood said, “I have had some pretty big relegation deciders down at Worcester and some big pressure games down there, but in terms of the magnitude of this game on Sunday, the following and the expectation, it is right up there. It is another massive game for us. We have some good momentum now, but it is a huge challenge in a bit of a foreign environment.
“It is just another exciting game to look forward to. They are all good experiences and Saints fans will follow us everywhere, we have got a real good following and it spurs the boys on.
“Hopefully we can put in a performance like we did on Saturday and score a few tries for them.”
Of those efforts has come from a timber, first for the club. This is something that was heavy on the shoulder is not heavy weight, but with all of them to get some of this light was good. Although he mentioned no out of an ash Splish rival plans to bring.
Wood said, “I fell over the line. I don’t score enough to celebrate and if I tried to do what Ashton does I probably would have thrown the ball over my head or something. I was just blowing and working hard and I just managed to get round the corner and into a bit of space. I think I had Ashton outside me and he may be he drew a bit of attention and I just slid in.
“It will be a 30-yarder by the time I tell my mates, but it was probably just two yards.
“It is not really a landmark for me, I am not really a try-scorer. I would like to get more than I do and it is always nice to get one, but as long as the team wins then I am happy to see the other lads running them in as long as I have done my bit.”
