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Catogrande

@Catogrande what do you think will be the starting XV?

Well there's what I would like, which will probably be similar to most people's selection and then there's who I think Eddie will pick.

My 23 would be:

Starters: Steward, Cockanisiga, Marchant, Farrel, Arundell, Smith, Care, Genge LCD, Stuart, Hill, Itoje, Willis, B Vunipola, Curry.

Bench: M Vunipola, George, Schickerling, Lawes, Underhill, Randall, Freeman, Dingwall.

What I think Eddie will go for:

Starters: Steward, May, Dingwall/Porter, Farrell, Marchant, Smith, Randall, Genge, George, Stuart, Ewels, Itoje, Lawes, B Vunipola, Curry.

Bench: M Vunipola, LCD, Heyes, Isiekwe, Chessum, Ludlam, Care, Furbank.

Catogrande

@MiketheSnow Was it RA's take or was this the popular vote? I know he was doing a vote.

MiketheSnow

@Catogrande said in NH International Rugby:

@MiketheSnow Was it RA's take or was this the popular vote? I know he was doing a vote.

Think that was his first selection before the vote

Catogrande

@MiketheSnow said in NH International Rugby:

@Catogrande said in NH International Rugby:

@MiketheSnow Was it RA's take or was this the popular vote? I know he was doing a vote.

Think that was his first selection before the vote

In which case, imo, he’s no fucking analyst. Ludlum over Curry or Underhill = loss at openside. Curry over Billy V = loss at 8. Platt the guys where their strengths lie. Ludlum is o good 6 and and ok 7. Not our best 6 and nowhere near our best 7. Curry is a great 7, a bloody good 6 and not a no8’s arsehole. Why would you pick that combo?

Aus play a high tempo game and we’ve seen god knows his many times that simply trying to tie them down to a slower tempo doesn’t work unless you have both the players and the game plan.

We’d be fucked with that selection. Mind you, I think we’re fucked anyway. I’d just like to see us in play some rugby whilst being fucked.

MiketheSnow

@Catogrande said in NH International Rugby:

@MiketheSnow said in NH International Rugby:

@Catogrande said in NH International Rugby:

@MiketheSnow Was it RA's take or was this the popular vote? I know he was doing a vote.

Think that was his first selection before the vote

In which case, imo, he’s no fucking analyst. Ludlum over Curry or Underhill = loss at openside. Curry over Billy V = loss at 8. Platt the guys where their strengths lie. Ludlum is o good 6 and and ok 7. Not our best 6 and nowhere near our best 7. Curry is a great 7, a bloody good 6 and not a no8’s arsehole. Why would you pick that combo?

Aus play a high tempo game and we’ve seen god knows his many times that simply trying to tie them down to a slower tempo doesn’t work unless you have both the players and the game plan.

We’d be fucked with that selection. Mind you, I think we’re fucked anyway. I’d just like to see us in play some rugby whilst being fucked.

I did it by the numbers

6 Lawes
7 Curry
8 Ludlum

Catogrande

@MiketheSnow

Ah. Ok. Still not good though. Ludlum=6. Never an 8. And fuck those that say all the back row positions are interchangeable.

Daffy Jaffy

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@Daffy-Jaffy A slightly longer highlights video was posted in the June - July Internationals 2022 thread.

Nat

@Daffy-Jaffy First rugby post given I just watched the England-Barbarian game in full:

I think 11 of the starters were French plus all of the replacements, French coaching team too. So they're playing for their boss
France really have huge depth and the Barbarians weren't just playing festival rugby ... they were hitting those rucks, and you can see Sean Edwards influence in that defence
Can't tell anything from that about England from that except the defense was so bad that I wonder if Eddie and his two new no-name sidekicks have gelled yet (my bad - I can't name either of them off the top of my head).
I just have a sneaky feeling they'll get home 2-1 in a tight series with Eddie reverting to experience and a lot of tactical kicking. Hope I'm wrong though as I like Dave Rennie and the rugby world need Australia to be strong again
Nice fairwell for George Kruis. England used to have four top class locks including Kruis. Now really down to one or two depending if Lawes plays at 6 or lock
Marcus Smith plays a lot like a kiwi 10 - no higher compliment I can think of!