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Surprising to see Yeandle in there over Dunn TBH. Yeandle is a solid option but Dunn is similarly good at the basics but is younger and a much better defender IMO.happyhooker wrote:The latest training squad forwards
Props (6):
Genge, Moon, Vunipola, Cole, Sinckler, Williams.
Hookers (3):
George, Cowan-Dickie, Yeandle
Locks (4):
Launchbury, Lawes, Kruis, Itoje.
Backrow (7):
Curry, Shields, Underhill, Wilson, Dombrandt, Vunipola, Simmonds
Where was this from? Clearly not an infallible source.happyhooker wrote:The latest training squad forwards
Props (6):
Genge, Moon, Vunipola, Cole, Sinckler, Williams.
Hookers (3):
George, Cowan-Dickie, Yeandle
Locks (4):
Launchbury, Lawes, Kruis, Itoje.
Backrow (7):
Curry, Shields, Underhill, Wilson, Dombrandt, Vunipola, Simmonds
Rugby inside line.Scrumhead wrote:Where was this from? Clearly not an infallible source.happyhooker wrote:The latest training squad forwards
Props (6):
Genge, Moon, Vunipola, Cole, Sinckler, Williams.
Hookers (3):
George, Cowan-Dickie, Yeandle
Locks (4):
Launchbury, Lawes, Kruis, Itoje.
Backrow (7):
Curry, Shields, Underhill, Wilson, Dombrandt, Vunipola, Simmonds
Ha. I am looking forward to the will he/won't he make the cut saga all summer.Raggs wrote:So do we start the countdown for when cips does something silly now?
Without having to discuss any actual rugby, which isn't really their forte.Margin_Walker wrote:Ha. I am looking forward to the will he/won't he make the cut saga all summer.Raggs wrote:So do we start the countdown for when cips does something silly now?
Will give the hacks something to write about anyway.
You highlighted saracens there.Petros wrote:Interesting to see the attendance stats for clubs when the "big game" boosts are removed
Average attendance at home stadiums (Total Attendance)
Leicester Tigers – 20,987 (230,855)
Bristol Bears – 16,348 (179,827)
Wasps – 16,160 (177,761)
Gloucester – 14,378 (158,158)
Bath - 14,192 (141,924)
Harlequins – 13,044 (130,435)
Northampton Saints – 12,936 (129,356)
Exeter Chiefs – 12,037 (144,446)
Saracens – 9,191 (101,098)
Worcester Warriors – 8,287 (91,162)
Newcastle Falcons – 7,354 (73,542)
Sale Sharks – 6,586 (72,443)
Super series decider. Tragically the Black Ferns have a weeks rest while England played France midweek.DragsterDriver wrote:The women are on tv tonight at 8:30
What channel??DragsterDriver wrote:The women are on tv tonight at 8:30
Oh bugger. Over at my folks without a laptop.DragsterDriver wrote:Wasn’t a vintage England against France- the ferns should win.
On sky sport 8:30pm I think HH?
Once you get into it I can actually enjoy a game on the iPhonehappyhooker wrote:Oh bugger. Over at my folks without a laptop.DragsterDriver wrote:Wasn’t a vintage England against France- the ferns should win.
On sky sport 8:30pm I think HH?
it’s not that bad...I use my mums sky go account 
DragsterDriver wrote:Once you get into it I can actually enjoy a game on the iPhonehappyhooker wrote:Oh bugger. Over at my folks without a laptop.DragsterDriver wrote:Wasn’t a vintage England against France- the ferns should win.
On sky sport 8:30pm I think HH?
Madness wrote:DragsterDriver wrote:Once you get into it I can actually enjoy a game on the iPhonehappyhooker wrote:Oh bugger. Over at my folks without a laptop.DragsterDriver wrote:Wasn’t a vintage England against France- the ferns should win.
On sky sport 8:30pm I think HH?
Not tonight, Sunday night
I was proper looking for it as well 
I know they are cost cutting, but surely the pathway development coaches are among the cheaper areas of the RFUs remit and the ones that have the biggest outcomes for the future? The RFU seem to be cutting off their own future here.SaintK wrote:So Steve Bates is the latest age group pathway coach to get the push at the RFU!!
I can't believe any half decent coach would want to work there. It sounds like a real shambles.
He's not been great.SaintK wrote:So Steve Bates is the latest age group pathway coach to get the push at the RFU!!
I can't believe any half decent coach would want to work there. It sounds like a real shambles.
YupDragsterDriver wrote:Oh, and i think england women are on tv tonight
40 players have been called up with Harlequins players Mike Brown, Alex Dombrandt and Marcus Smith joining the squad alongside Bath Rugby’s Tom Dunn and Ollie Thorley (Gloucester Rugby).
Danny Cipriani (Gloucester Rugby), Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby) and Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby) will do specialised strength and conditioning work separately off site.
“Our preparation is about making sure the players peak for the World Cup," said England head coach Eddie Jones. "It’s not about being ready now for it.
“Some players we feel will benefit now from being away from the camp for a little bit and will do specialised strength and conditioning work.
“We want to keep the squad fresh and alive which is important and we want to make sure there is a little bit of cooperative competition for selection and edge around.”
Jones added about the Bristol camp: “We are in Bristol this week as a bit of a change of scenery and pace. We have got good facilities and will continue to work very hard on particularly our physical conditioning but also our ability to implement our game plan under those physical conditions.
“The ante goes up again in this week. The players who have come in from the Premiership final will increase their contribution and the other guys are in their fourth week and are starting to get near good physical condition.”
England will play Wales (11 August) and Ireland (24 August) at Twickenham Stadium and Italy (6 September) in Newcastle as part of the Quilter Internationals as well as an away fixture against Wales (17 August) in Cardiff.
England will travel to Treviso, Italy for a heat camp from 22 July until 2 August before returning to Italy on 28 August until 5 September. The squad will also be based in Bristol in August (12-16) ahead of England’s away match against Wales. For the two matches against Wales and Ireland at Twickenham Stadium, the squad will train at Pennyhill Park.
England will begin their Rugby World Cup campaign in Japan against Tonga in Sapporo (22 September, KO 11:15am UK time) before playing USA Rugby in Kobe (26 September, KO 11:45am UK time), Argentina in Tokyo (5 October, KO 09:00am UK time) and France in Yokohama (12 October, KO 09:15am UK time).
Forwards
Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 85 caps)
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, 11 caps)
Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 10 caps)
Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins, uncapped)
Tom Dunn (Bath Rugby, uncapped)
Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 10 caps)
Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 9 caps)
Jamie George (Saracens, 37 caps)
Maro Itoje (Saracens, 27 caps)
George Kruis (Saracens, 32 caps)
Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 58 caps)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 71 caps)
Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints, uncapped)
Joe Marler (Harlequins, 59 caps)
Ben Moon (Exeter Chiefs, 8 caps)
Brad Shields (Wasps, 8 caps)
Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins, 22 caps)
Jack Singleton (Saracens, uncapped)
Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 41 caps)
Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 53 caps)
Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs, 17 caps)
Mark Wilson (Newcastle Falcons / Sale Sharks, 13 caps)
Backs
Mike Brown (Harlequins, 72 caps)
Joe Cokanasiga (Bath Rugby, 4 caps)
Elliot Daly (Saracens, 30 caps)
Owen Farrell (Saracens, 70 caps)
George Ford (Leicester Tigers, 55 caps)
Piers Francis (Northampton Saints, 4 caps)
Willi Heinz (Gloucester Rugby, uncapped)
Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 40 caps)
Jonny May (Leicester Tigers, 45 caps)
Ruaridh McConnochie (Bath Rugby, uncapped)
Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs, 33 caps)
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 22 caps)
Marcus Smith (Harlequins, upcapped)
Ben Spencer (Saracens, 3 caps)
Ben Te’o (unattached, 18 caps)
Ollie Thorley (Gloucester Rugby, uncapped)
Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers, 32 caps)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 85 caps)
just watched it; can't really tell what's going on: https://amp.diariodeibiza.es/pitiuses-b ... 78987.htmlDragsterDriver wrote:SaintK wrote:So Steve Bates is the latest age group pathway coach to get the push at the RFU!!
I can't believe any half decent coach would want to work there. It sounds like a real shambles.
He's not been great.
Anybody seen the video of exeter players getting a beating in ibiza? believed to be hepburn and armand.
So Cips injured? Or can we do some tinfoil hat conspiracy theorising that he's getting scrum half training (if you recall this article from a few weeks back https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/ ... y-cipriani)Danny Cipriani... will do specialised strength and conditioning work separately off site
The doormen are savage enough there, they should be glad the police didn’t turn up and join in.Balls Out! wrote:just watched it; can't really tell what's going on: https://amp.diariodeibiza.es/pitiuses-b ... 78987.htmlDragsterDriver wrote:SaintK wrote:So Steve Bates is the latest age group pathway coach to get the push at the RFU!!
I can't believe any half decent coach would want to work there. It sounds like a real shambles.
He's not been great.
Anybody seen the video of exeter players getting a beating in ibiza? believed to be hepburn and armand.
Skimmed the article, and from my very rusty Spanish it sounds like 4 English tourists turned up hammered at a club , tried to get in for free, and got a shoeing from the bouncers