Wales vs England
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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
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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.
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Christ! If that last bit is true, they deserve to be hung out to dry. What a shit-show.
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Already Faletau has made a difference
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@Jailbreak7 said in Wales vs England:
Already Faletau has made a difference
Seems to have been past it by the last world cup then started winding back the years.
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I already hate seeing Niick Evans in the England coaches box
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I would have gone back to check whether that first pass was forward
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I know AWJ was a legend but he really needs to make way now Must have made 0 meters with ball in hand taken it flat and died with it every time.
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Wow a deal has been done......again
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England seem to have started the woopin' & hollerin' shit again
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@Victor-Meldrew They never stopped it...that shit so fukin annoying
