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Marler back for england. That is great news meaning we don't have to run mako into the ground.
What’s going on with this, mate? I haven’t heard/seen anything.
Would be great news for you if he was.
Marler back for england. That is great news meaning we don't have to run mako into the ground.
What’s going on with this, mate? I haven’t heard/seen anything.
Would be great news for you if he was.
Also @E17yid this is bound to be good for anglo-welsh relations
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/how-teenage-lock-sensation-snubbed-16494709
Anyone watch the SA v Oz and Argentina v NZ games?
NZ definitely out of sorts recently. Look beatable.
Australia without Folau and Pocock are pretty average (even though it was great to see Banks get his first test start with Folau out of the picture. Good player.) Hooper is the only elite level forward in that pack. Kepu is a class act though, tbf.
I underestimated South Africa’s progress but I’m still not scared of them. Having said that, while they look beatable, If we do play them in a semi final (If results go how you’d expect them to in the group then it should be a SA v Ireland QTF) it’ll be a 50/50 game no doubt.
Argentina looking good. In England’s group, obviously.
Looks like Cipriani has been dropped. What a weird situation.
Player of the year gets called up to the training camp, gets told he has to train separately to work on strength and fitness then gets dropped before the warm weather training camp.
Either Eddie wasn’t happy with his fitness or he had no intention of picking him anyway in which case why take him? I guess there’s another possibility that he did/said something during camp that pissed Eddie off but I find that hard to believe seeing as he was just training with Watson and 1 other player (Underhill I believe).
I don't like jumping to largely uninformed opinions, but Retallick's arm looked the wrong shape as he went off just now. He would be a huge loss ...
Just a trial having Beauden at 15 I think poss looking at cover situations. Ben Smith will start at 15 in RWC. Retallick dislocated shoulder. Never seen AB's drop so much ball. Wont happen at RWC .As far as playing your first 2 international games Herschel Jantjies hasn’t done to bad has he. Him and De Klerk are 2 great 9s to have for the WC.
Hansen was obviously giving the dual playmaker thing a go by playing Mo-unga but, for me, you play Beauden at 10 and Ben Smith at 15 (he’s wasted on the wing)
Shame for Retallik if he is out.
Just a trial having Beauden at 15 I think poss looking at cover situations. Ben Smith will start at 15 in RWC. Retallick dislocated shoulder. Never seen AB's drop so much ball. Wont happen at RWC .
Retallick update. No structural damage to shoulder joint so Hansen very hopeful he will be fit for RWC.
He is not even going to have a scan. Bit surprised at that. I would have thought that would have been a routine diagnostic tool.