England rugby squad announced 13th Jan - who's in/out?
Discussion
I'll admit that I was hoping for Cips - however I think that Austin Healey nailed it when he said that a 10 who is on a high 60s kick-success rate is not going to get picked and that appears to be the in Cip's armoury. TBH Fazlet strikes me as being a and is slow of thought and leg - that being said he does seem to nail his kicks which is 'money in the bank' and enables you to build up a lead/chip away at an opponent's lead. I think that GF is the fortunate one since he does seem to be in poor form - though as the saying goes "poor form is temporary, class permanent." Surprised he's only going with 2 10s but I guess that's covered by my other complaint next. I'm not happy to see Izno Goode included still - but hey playing for a team doing well will get you noticed.
No Tom Youngs though!!
Forwards
Josh Beaumont (Sale Sharks)
Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs)
Jack Clifford (Harlequins)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
James Haskell (Wasps)
Paul Hill (Northampton Saints)
Maro Itoje (Saracens)
George Kruis (Saracens)
Matt Kvesic (Gloucester Rugby) *injury replacement for Dave Ewers (Exeter Chiefs)
Joe Launchbury (Wasps)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
Joe Marler (Harlequins)
Matt Mullan (Wasps)
Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)
Henry Thomas (Bath Rugby) *injury replacement for Kieran Brookes (Northampton Saints)
Billy Vunipola (Saracens)
Mako Vunipola (Saracens)
Backs
Chris Ashton (Saracens)
Mike Brown (Harlequins)
Danny Care (Harlequins)
Elliot Daly (Wasps)
Ollie Devoto (Bath Rugby) *injury replacement for Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
George Ford (Bath Rugby)
Alex Goode (Saracens)
Sam Hill (Exeter Chiefs) *injury replacement for Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby)
Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs)
Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby)
Marland Yarde (Harlequins)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
Forwards
Josh Beaumont (Sale Sharks)
Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs)
Jack Clifford (Harlequins)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
James Haskell (Wasps)
Paul Hill (Northampton Saints)
Maro Itoje (Saracens)
George Kruis (Saracens)
Matt Kvesic (Gloucester Rugby) *injury replacement for Dave Ewers (Exeter Chiefs)
Joe Launchbury (Wasps)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
Joe Marler (Harlequins)
Matt Mullan (Wasps)
Chris Robshaw (Harlequins)
Henry Thomas (Bath Rugby) *injury replacement for Kieran Brookes (Northampton Saints)
Billy Vunipola (Saracens)
Mako Vunipola (Saracens)
Backs
Chris Ashton (Saracens)
Mike Brown (Harlequins)
Danny Care (Harlequins)
Elliot Daly (Wasps)
Ollie Devoto (Bath Rugby) *injury replacement for Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
George Ford (Bath Rugby)
Alex Goode (Saracens)
Sam Hill (Exeter Chiefs) *injury replacement for Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby)
Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs)
Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby)
Marland Yarde (Harlequins)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
Challo said:
I think Eddie want's someone that can actually hook in the scrum.
This, plus someone who can maintain accuracy in the lineout. Lot of discussion on fan pages on the book of face questioning the decision based on his Premiership stats this season, but time and time again Hartley has gone off when our lineout has been ascendancy only for Youngs to come on and it falls apart. He's great around the park, but his basic skills as a Hooker aren't up to test standard.
yup - you'd have thought that having worked so hard to get back he'd be a little more careful... or was it just bad luck?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/35362589
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/35362589
a 10 week ban for that is a joke!
How on earth can that be deemed ban worthy?
There's a video in here, forward to about the 2 min mark.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/intern...
How on earth can that be deemed ban worthy?
There's a video in here, forward to about the 2 min mark.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/intern...
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