Wales vs England
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Curry (T) out for the rest of the 6N. Made me check his stats. 24y7m ish and 49 International caps. Not a particularly early starter internationally. Seems like whenever he can be picked, he is. England and Lions. It’ll be interesting to see if he keeps that imperative up.
Also didn’t realise he is the nephew of John Olver, former England hooker, who would have won a stack of caps but he was around the same time as Peter Wheeler.
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BTW I’m expecting a Welsh backlash this weekend. Not going to be easy for us Saes.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Wales vs England:
Now on apparently
Wales v England Six Nations match to go ahead after crunch talks
The match had been in doubt due to a potential strike by Wales players after a contractual stand off with the WRU
Oh there’s a surprise
Said no one ever
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@Catogrande said in Wales vs England:
BTW I’m expecting a Welsh backlash this weekend. Not going to be easy for us Saes.
You’ll have a bigger backlash from Caroline St
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The Sheriff
“It has been a distraction with everything that has been going on, but I have got to commend the players' professionalism in this," added Owens.
"When we have crossed that white line at training, we've prepared well and done our work as professional players. We are ready for Saturday.
"We have fronted up in training and prepared as we would for any Test match and are looking forward to going toe to toe with England."
Let’s fucking hope so
Meanwhile Nigel Walker has aged 10 years overnight
Poor bastard
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@MiketheSnow said in Wales vs England:
We have fronted up in training
I thought I saw on the news they walked out or skipped a training?
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The Wales Six Nations team that Warren Gatland should announce on Tuesday to face England | Wales Online
Warren Gatland will name his Wales side on Tuesday ahead of the scheduled Test against England in the Six Nations
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Good interview with Mike Brown on Wales v England. Quite funny.
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Happy with that
If we can win ball then our backs could be exciting to watch
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England:
15. Freddie Steward, 14. Max Malins, 13. Henry Slade, 12. Ollie Lawrence, 11. Anthony Watson, 10. Owen Farrell (capt), 9. Jack van Poortvliet, 1. Ellis Genge, 2. Jamie George, 3. Kyle Sinckler, 4. Maro Itoje, 5. Ollie Chessum, 6. Lewis Ludlam, 7. Jack Willis, 8. Alex Dombrandt.Replacements: 16. Jack Walker, 17. Mako Vunipola, 18. Dan Cole, 19. Courtney Lawes, 20. Ben Curry, 21. Alex Mitchell, 22. Marcus Smith, 23. Henry Arundell.
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@MiketheSnow jebus I had completely forgotten Halfpenny even existed.
Looks like a message being sent to Biggar.
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@Daffy-Jaffy Broadly happy with that England selection barring the replacement props. I'd like to see Arundell get more than a cameo too.
EDIT: Having said all that I will also be fuming if Smith only gets 10 minutes and has Farrell outside him. Give him some meaningful minutes and have a proper 12 outside him.
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@Catogrande Lawrence looks bloody handy eh, must admit I'd never even heard of him until the last game. Exactly the 12 NZ have been crying out for since Nonu off that one showing I saw.
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He came to prominence a couple of years or so ago when playing for Worcester and Eddie picked him on the basis of him being a replacement for Manu but then kept the ball away from him and then dropped him. His form dipped and then there was all the shit going on at Worcester. Since then he's moved to Bath and been carving up albeit at 13. However I feel that he can play either 12 or 13 dependent on who the other midfielder is. Against Italy they actually gave him a bit of ball and he showed that he can be dangerous. Then they stopped giving him the ball and kicked it all away and he got subbed off and Farrell moved to 12 (because that's been working so well) and our attack just shrivelled up and died.
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So Mike, what’s your take on the conciliation? From the outside it seems there’s been an agreement on the 60 cap rule and a seat at the table for the WRPA but sod all about the contracts?
It doesn’t seem to me that the boil has been lanced. The 60 cap rule is a positive for the guys that already have a high degree of security, not so much for everyone else. Not saying it’s a bad thing, just that it does nothing for the real problem.
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@Catogrande said in Wales vs England:
So Mike, what’s your take on the conciliation? From the outside it seems there’s been an agreement on the 60 cap rule and a seat at the table for the WRPA but sod all about the contracts?
It doesn’t seem to me that the boil has been lanced. The 60 cap rule is a positive for the guys that already have a high degree of security, not so much for everyone else. Not saying it’s a bad thing, just that it does nothing for the real problem.
Agreed
Ongoing
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@Catogrande the variable contracts are now optional instead of compulsory.
So a player could be offered 90k a year set or the option of 80k rising to 100k with bonuses.
Can't see anyone taking the variable option as the regional squads will be decimated and players will have little or no hope of securing any bonuses.
Apparently it's also been leaked that the WRU have given themselves an apparent 5% pay increase for this coming year on the back of cuts for the players.
Calm before the storm I think. -
Christ! If that last bit is true, they deserve to be hung out to dry. What a shit-show.
