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I know he doesnt get many plaudits in here but shout out to Borthwick btw. We could feasibly, NZ game looks iffy but that always will it's NZ after all, but we could go the year winning 11/12 potentially here and he deserves credit for that. Also, generally bar the Ted Hill thing.. bit weird, not su...

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Shoutout to the Swedish Goalie. Make 3 correct reads and turn into the biggest dickhead on the pitch with a strut and her envisioning her crowning glory.

Only to Jonny Wilkinson the ball into orbit.

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ella cromack is a good example.Looked a great prospect at 18,was playing quite a few games for quins then last season quins signed welsh international kayleigh powell to play 10 and cromack played very little. and it shows-looks less a prospect now. Too few of these u20 players are playing regularl...

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France will kick england back into their own half and play kick tennis. They play international style rugby.

Cromack and England want to play from everywhere even when it's not on, and even when they lose the collisions. Silly rugby.

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Sarah Parry looks a very, very good 13 for England going forward.

But the 2nd no. 9 on the pitch for france... what an interception.

France 45-27 England

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Berat? The no 9 looks a fabulous player.

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Another well taken try in the corner for France.

France 38-27 England 57 mins

England seem to want to run everything from their own half.

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France now do literally the same thing england did from kick off. Another dumb penalty.

France 33-27 England 50 mins

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Rolling maul try for france. Dumb penalty for england from kick off.

France 33-22 England

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Good early score for England.

France 26-22 England 44 mins

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Our 12 screaming at everyone for every decision.

I wonder if she plays for Saracens.

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Yellow card. France.

They are really slow in the contact area.

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Well taken try by Grace Clifford. There's a few girls here who are performing their roles well, but 3 moments of inspiration have france still ahead.

England 15-21 France 32 mins.

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England's defence is fairly average compared to the french. French are tenacious, England are lackadaisical.

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message #2527204 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:15 pm
Wendigo7 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:08 pm
message #2527204 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:05 pm Hmmm.... Probably not...
Typical Under 20s really. We don't take it seriously, they take it very, very seriously.
Nice try though. Good to have cromack putting the ball in the right places.

McDougall at 9 is a sight.

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message #2527204 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:05 pm Hmmm.... Probably not...

Typical Under 20s really. We don't take it seriously, they take it very, very seriously.

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So popped up on my feed.. is Tadej drug taking?

Apparently he's obliterating records people on PEDs have been doing?

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Norway 2-1 Italy
Sweden 1-3 England
Spain 4-0 Switzerland
France 3-2 Germany

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Rodney is going to be happy more or less! England Team Announced: 1. Rodd 2. Langdon 3. Opoku-Fordjour 4. Coles 5. Clark 6. Cunningham-South 7. Pepper 8. Dombrandt 9. Van Poortvliet 10. Ford (c) 11. Murley 12. Ojomoh 13. Northmore 14. Feyi-Waboso 15. Carpenter Replacements: 16. Oghre 17. Baxter 18. ...

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Telegraph… whose exclusives are always bang on… have leaked bits of the lions team. No Pollock but he apparently was very very close to making it. No Farrell, Marcus Smith makes it to the bench. Backrow is: Chessum Curry Conan My telegraph says beirne, curry, conan? With Chessum on the bench When I...

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Whoops - forgot about Carpenter.. yep him to start at 15. Steward to get a rest.

Sorry just forgot about him.

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No offense to USA fans but I'm hoping for a fair bit of rotation. If Atkinson plays 10 he needs experience around him. USA losing at home to Spain for them is a bad result considering historically they'd win that easily. Something like this? 1. Rodd 2. Langdon 3. AOF 4. Coles 5. CCS 6. Underhill 7. ...

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Honestly, how much worse would the pipeline actually be? Two reejuns should produce 3-4 WQ players per position. We'd need to be smart about how many NWQs we allow per position, as the Irish are - but that's hardly an insurmountable problem. We could also drop the stupid rule about playing in Engla...

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We have no money (even our TV money), no players coming through, our reejuns are falling apart and nobody wants to coach us :thumbup: It's just a barrel of laughs. I've been banging the two-reejun drum for far too long on here, despite having no horse in the race. At this point, anyone who doesn't ...

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BREAKING: First poll including new Corbyn party released:

REF: 34%
CON: 17%
LAB: 15%
Corbyn/Sultana party: 15%
LDM: 9%
GRE: 5%

^^ If that is true. Reform win around 500 seats I believe.

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If we cap Atkinson at 10, we need experience in the backrow and 9. Atkinson at 12 also makes sense.

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holbob wrote: ↑Mon Jul 14, 2025 5:57 pm McKinney is a former u19 captain and England a tourist last winter. Had 3 fc centuries at age of 20 at strike rate of 72. Bats like trescothick. Perfect baz Stokes pick.

Fair enough Holbob, you expect him and the likes of Rew to breakthrough quickly?

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Bethel at 8? Yes, he's a part time spinner too we can rotate with Root. The top order is fixed, and he just extends our batting tail massively. Putting him in at 8 next to Smith means he can learn on the job in test cricket whilst not being put under too much pressure. He's 20/21 remember. His pote...

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My team for Old Trafford:

Crawley (really not sure we should persist but I doubt we'll change prior to the ashes now)
Duckett
Pope (see Crawley)
Root
Brook
Stokes
Smith
Bethell
Atkinson
Carse
Archer

Bat them into eternity!

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India 2-1 up it seems.

Crawley and Pope are wasted spots in the team.

And the less said about our below average bowling line up the better.

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Little shout out to a few players who did themselves no harm. Seb Atkinson - Must admit, I'm dubious sometimes about Gloucester picks because there's usually a glaring weakness in their game somewhere. But he's been excellent twice now and a real option going forward for the 12 jersey. Roebuck/Muir ...

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I just don't understand the mentality of kicking the ball away at all costs from England in that second half when they looked so good with the ball in hand. It's like Borethick just shut down the backs coaches because they were making his normal gameplay look as stupid as it is. I thought it worked...

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Swiatek putting herself into the GOATs bracket shortly. 11th all time in titles with 6 grand slams at only just 24. And only really the goats in her sport ahead of her...

If she wins 1 more she's 8th.

We're watching one of the greats.

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maverickmak wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 5:04 pm Double bagel incoming...

Brutal.

Iga's bakery open for business again.

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Wendigo7 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 12, 2025 3:21 pm Swiatek to win. Not sure on score.

That was brutal for Anisimova.

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Swiatek to win. Not sure on score.

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Just wonder if that's the last we will see of Djokovic.

He looked like this is it. My final rodeo at having a chance to win wimbledon..

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Sinner vs Djokovic
Alcaraz vs Fritz

Sinner in 5.
Alcaraz in 5.

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eldanielfire wrote: ↑Thu Jul 10, 2025 9:59 pm
Salix wrote: ↑Thu Jul 10, 2025 9:31 pm
Quins89 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 09, 2025 8:17 pm Wales 1-1 France
Welsh defending and keeper were horrendous!
A shame, they got to the Euros by being defensively solid, well drilled and hard to beat. I think the occasion got to them.

Also playing one of the 3 or 4 best teams means the defence is tested in a way it isn't in qualifying.

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