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i dont think Ringrose needs a ball playing 12 at all. i think he's the one who brings that extra pair of hands in midfield no matter what number is on his back. class act

some people giving up on henshaw very quickly. rubbish. he made a couple of errors but he's a warrior and will always be fixture in Joe's squad. either him or Aki with ringrose who is the clear #1

would be great to get a 15 who can come in at 1st receiver off 2nd/3rd phase but with Payne gone there's no real other option to Rob who was back to solid today

Ring rose is quickly becoming the best 13 in world rugby.

Jiffy Jnr is getting on in years and the All blacjs have Crotty, who IMO, isn't a level above him.farrell at 12 with him would be promising.

harry 22 wrote:i dont think Ringrose needs a ball playing 12 at all. i think he's the one who brings that extra pair of hands in midfield no matter what number is on his back. class act

some people giving up on henshaw very quickly. rubbish. he made a couple of errors but he's a warrior and will always be fixture in Joe's squad. either him or Aki with ringrose who is the clear #1

would be great to get a 15 who can come in at 1st receiver off 2nd/3rd phase but with Payne gone there's no real other option to Rob who was back to solid today

Zebo

Funny how we always win with Dev in the side.

Must be a coincidence

Willie Falloon wrote:Ring rose is quickly becoming the best 13 in world rugby.

Jiffy Jnr is getting on in years and the All blacjs have Crotty, who IMO, isn't a level above him.farrell at 12 with him would be promising.

Ok calm down. Thought our back play was fairly shyte.

harry 22 wrote:i dont think Ringrose needs a ball playing 12 at all. i think he's the one who brings that extra pair of hands in midfield no matter what number is on his back. class act

some people giving up on henshaw very quickly. rubbish. he made a couple of errors but he's a warrior and will always be fixture in Joe's squad. either him or Aki with ringrose who is the clear #1

would be great to get a 15 who can come in at 1st receiver off 2nd/3rd phase but with Payne gone there's no real other option to Rob who was back to solid today

Agreed he works well with Aki and Henshaw. Would be nice to see Carberry at 15 but that won't happen now.

Willie Falloon wrote:Ring rose is quickly becoming the best 13 in world rugby.

Jiffy Jnr is getting on in years and the All blacjs have Crotty, who IMO, isn't a level above him.farrell at 12 with him would be promising.

There are at least 5 players in that starting 15 today who would start for the ABs. The depth isn’t the same but the first choice side is one of the best we have ever had.

Willie Falloon wrote:Ring rose is quickly becoming the best 13 in world rugby.

Jiffy Jnr is getting on in years and the All blacjs have Crotty, who IMO, isn't a level above him.farrell at 12 with him would be promising.

He was very good but lets not get ahead of ourselves here. He isn't at Crotty's level just yet

Mullet 2 wrote:Funny how we always win with Dev in the side.

Must be a coincidence

How the fu.ck are you sober enough to post on here?!

He's no Darren Cave now.

He reminds me of Crotty that's a good comparison. Good all rounder and great reader of the game

Mullet 2 wrote:Funny how we always win with Dev in the side.

Must be a coincidence

You have a point but didn't you write him off and christen him Triple T a couple of years ago?

Jim Lahey wrote:

Willie Falloon wrote:Ring rose is quickly becoming the best 13 in world rugby.

Jiffy Jnr is getting on in years and the All blacjs have Crotty, who IMO, isn't a level above him.farrell at 12 with him would be promising.

He was very good but lets not get ahead of ourselves here. He isn't at Crotty's level just yet

dunno about that. i dont think there is any 13 currently who stands out above the rest a la BOD/Conrad

Ringrose would be a contender imo

I don't think I'd have anyone else to be honest

Willie Falloon wrote:Ring rose is quickly becoming the best 13 in world rugby.

Jiffy Jnr is getting on in years and the All blacjs have Crotty, who IMO, isn't a level above him.farrell at 12 with him would be promising.

Nah.

Mullet 2 wrote:Funny how we always win with Dev in the side.

Must be a coincidence

Irelands most decorated 2nd row

Jim Lahey wrote:

Willie Falloon wrote:Ring rose is quickly becoming the best 13 in world rugby.

Jiffy Jnr is getting on in years and the All blacjs have Crotty, who IMO, isn't a level above him.farrell at 12 with him would be promising.

He was very good but lets not get ahead of ourselves here. He isn't at Crotty's level just yet

Very true, Dom is a god among men.

Mullet 2 wrote:Funny how we always win with Dev in the side.

Must be a coincidence

I thought he was really brilliant today. Apart from all the obvious lineout/maul/restart stuff, he murdered Pocock at ruck time a good few times.

Someone else mentioned it earlier but his weight really showed today...

Kearney was very very good today too. Funny when he has an iffy game everyone is on his case but when he plays well its radio silence.

He was actually really strong in contact...bumped a good few lads off and smashed Coleman. Don't remember him doing a whole lot wrong.

With Ringrose's passing ability should we try him at 12 and Henshaw at 13?

shabadoo wrote:Kearney was very very good today too. Funny when he has an iffy game everyone is on his case but when he plays well its radio silence.

He was actually really strong in contact...bumped a good few lads off and smashed Coleman. Don't remember him doing a whole lot wrong.

He was good yeah but I still think we need to look at someone else at 15 ahead of next year

Not going to happen now with injuries though

fishooks15 wrote:

shabadoo wrote:Kearney was very very good today too. Funny when he has an iffy game everyone is on his case but when he plays well its radio silence.

He was actually really strong in contact...bumped a good few lads off and smashed Coleman. Don't remember him doing a whole lot wrong.

He was good yeah but I still think we need to look at someone else at 15 ahead of next year

Not going to happen now with injuries though

Someone who can pass would be a start

Willie Falloon wrote:Ring rose is quickly becoming the best 13 in world rugby.

Jiffy Jnr is getting on in years and the All blacjs have Crotty, who IMO, isn't a level above him.farrell at 12 with him would be promising.

Owen Farrell or Chris Farrell?

Would youse ever comment on the U20s team for tomorrow though? I spent all that dang time copy pasting, for what? For naught. All since them fúckers heckled Irua away it's not been the same.

Wolfe Tone wrote:With Ringrose's passing ability should we try him at 12 and Henshaw at 13?

nobody has Ringrose's ability to make an outside break and we look much more organised when he's defending the 13 channel

shabadoo wrote:Kearney was very very good today too. Funny when he has an iffy game everyone is on his case but when he plays well its radio silence.

He was actually really strong in contact...bumped a good few lads off and smashed Coleman. Don't remember him doing a whole lot wrong.

he was solid. did all his basics well

we dont have a proven alternative at doing those things at the highest level unfortunately

The schadenfreude is mighty with England now lads, and it couldn't happen to a nicer team I tell you.

Wolfe Tone wrote:With Ringrose's passing ability should we try him at 12 and Henshaw at 13?

Our defence was good today with Garry at 13. Our defence was shite last week with Henshaw at 13. Keep them at 12 and 13 imo.

unseenwork wrote:The schadenfreude is mighty with England now lads, and it couldn't happen to a nicer team I tell you.

If they keep going like this they might not make it out of their RWC pool.

Jim Lahey wrote:

Wolfe Tone wrote:With Ringrose's passing ability should we try him at 12 and Henshaw at 13?

Our defence was good today with Garry at 13. Our defence was shite last week with Henshaw at 13. Keep them at 12 and 13 imo.

Aki at 12.

Mr. Very Popular wrote:

Jim Lahey wrote:

Wolfe Tone wrote:With Ringrose's passing ability should we try him at 12 and Henshaw at 13?

Our defence was good today with Garry at 13. Our defence was shite last week with Henshaw at 13. Keep them at 12 and 13 imo.

Aki at 12.

Nah.

Mr. Very Popular wrote:

unseenwork wrote:The schadenfreude is mighty with England now lads, and it couldn't happen to a nicer team I tell you.

If they keep going like this they might not make it out of their RWC pool.

On this trajectory it seems likely that they won't, but then you never know they've the quality there in reserves to always be able to turn things on a dime.

danthefan wrote:

Mr. Very Popular wrote:

Jim Lahey wrote:

Wolfe Tone wrote:With Ringrose's passing ability should we try him at 12 and Henshaw at 13?

Our defence was good today with Garry at 13. Our defence was shite last week with Henshaw at 13. Keep them at 12 and 13 imo.

Aki at 12.

Nah.

Yeah.

Yeah he's in next week. And rightly so.

Astounds me how poor England are this close to a WC. Shocking the past two weeks, saying that South Africa have been good value too. Erasmus working wonders

No Aki please.

Mr. Very Popular wrote:

unseenwork wrote:The schadenfreude is mighty with England now lads, and it couldn't happen to a nicer team I tell you.

If they keep going like this they might not make it out of their RWC pool.

I just got a semi at the thought.

Hellraiser wrote:

Mr. Very Popular wrote:

unseenwork wrote:The schadenfreude is mighty with England now lads, and it couldn't happen to a nicer team I tell you.

If they keep going like this they might not make it out of their RWC pool.

I just got a semi at the thought.

That thought just made me lose mine

Mr. Very Popular wrote:

Hellraiser wrote:

Mr. Very Popular wrote:

unseenwork wrote:The schadenfreude is mighty with England now lads, and it couldn't happen to a nicer team I tell you.

If they keep going like this they might not make it out of their RWC pool.

I just got a semi at the thought.

That thought just made me lose mine

Just rewatching now. 40 mins gone and I can't see what Henshaw has done wrong in attack. He's put Larmour "away" with a lovely long pass. He's mostly being used as decoy or to truck up shit ball close to the ruck. Had one good run which ended in a dodgy turnover for Pocock. So far it's mostly been Ringrose taking the ball from Sexton.

Biggest mistakes so far
Earls interception
Murray kick out on the full
Ringrose knockon
Ringrose bad pass to Larmour which he rescued