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It’s only really Bath with Du Toit and Schoeman but even then they’ve got Obano and Stuart who get a lot of game time. When you actually look around there is a smattering of foreigners but the vast majority of props are epq, it’s just that a lot of them aren’t international quality.

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Scabnose doesn't select the England A side and nor does Baxter. I don't rate Painter hugely, but he did a job on the Bath scrum this weekend and he's comfortably ahead of the Kiwi at Exeter. I’m pretty sure Borthwick did pick the A team. Skivington talked about it at the time. Well blow me down, yo...

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That's not true at all. He's been in 19 matchday squads this season and only started 6 times, with Painter starting the other 13 games. He was benched for the only two Heiny Cup games he was involved in and the Prem Cup semi. Same story last season - he only started 6 times and was a sub 17 times, ...

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Quins89 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:30 pm OHC is an ok club winger. Naff all else.

Yep. He’s fairly quick and elusive when he has the ball but the rest of his game is pretty rubbish.

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He's a strong slippery winger. Clearly a good player but I'm not at all convinced he should be there ahead of several others. But I guess not being English is now the best way to get a chance for England. To be fair to him he’s done everything asked of him so far and is only going to get better. He...

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Gloucester managed to miss 58 tackles yesterday, that has to be some kind of record?

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Yeah that is spot on. Isiekwe - looks like Tarzan plays like Jane. That metaphor was made for him. I’ve never ever got it with him. Anonymous and also defensively quite dumb. Maybe Eddie's highlight when he yanked the oaf off early. Probably hits all the metrics in camp but soft as shite. Didn’t he...

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Pearce has been ok but I get fed up at him bellowing at the players like they’re u14’s.

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Prem accounts out! https://twitter.com/rugbyinsideline/status/1773624887720185984?s=46&t=BwccKzgQ7XSisbPXW64bww Makes pretty grim reading, and reinforces what I was saying the other day on the Newcastle thread. If you want to be competitive in the Premiership, then you need an ownership that's goin...

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Quins89 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:58 am Tyler Offiah starts for England u18s against Wales this weekend

Watch out for the number 8 and captain. He is phenomenal for his age, could probably step into the u20s and not look out of place.

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Prem accounts out!

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I’ve no issue with the goal line drop out, I think it’s been a good move. One thing that really p*sses me off though is watching props drive straight into the side of a maul at a lineout and cling on for dear life while working their way onto the opposing side “legally”. If you are on the opposite s...

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Mercer may, or may not, thrive at international level - but he's certainly done enough at Domestic level that you'd really want to find out - and do it fairly soon. At the moment we're just an injury away from not knowing who our number 8 will be. Based on six nations it’s Dombrandt… If that’s not ...

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Nice from Sarries but Quins are just nowhere. You can’t fall off tackles like that.

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DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:10 am Would be proper funny if Fat Billy won the T14 player of the year at Montpellier next season just to prove any fat tourist could do it.

That would be hilarious!

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RodneyRegis wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:51 am Bad before we assure ourselves that his style would only work against club shitter, he was up against a backrow of liebenburg, reffell and wiese.

This! He also did it repeatedly against the best the Top 14 have to offer.

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Look at the stats, and they tell the story of the player I watched in the Top14. He's doing most of his carrying in later phases, wider out, or on transition plays. He plays a very different game to Earl. This really isn't a controversial take. If Mercer came into the England 8 jersey, Earl would l...

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It's not about what they are. It's about what they are not which they have in common. They aren't the kind of player who smashes the ball into contact in midfield, and pops back to their feet ready to do it again two phases later. This is why Earl has been so successful at 8 for England - his engin...

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bobbity wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:20 am It's Curry I feel sorry for. By the looks of the discussion one missed 6N and his England career is over

The back row depth is ridiculous at the moment, whoever we pick it would be hard to put out a bad one.

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He would have exactly the same impact as Dommers has. England should be focusing efforts on developing CCS or Barbeary as a barnstorming 8. They are not the same player. Dombrandt can be good in the wider channels if he’s given a platform but that’s where the similarities end. It's not about what t...

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:06 am
DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:27 am
fatcat wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:48 am Can't help thinking that Mercer's twisty-turny stuff won't work too well at international level.
England wouldn't pick Aldritt either.
6ft3 and 115kg of pure all-court, athletic specimen? He'd be the first name on the England teamsheet.

Mercer is 6ft3 and 111kg, what’s your point?

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Can't help thinking that Mercer's twisty-turny stuff won't work too well at international level. He would have exactly the same impact as Dommers has. England should be focusing efforts on developing CCS or Barbeary as a barnstorming 8. They are not the same player. Dombrandt can be good in the wid...

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fatcat wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:48 am Can't help thinking that Mercer's twisty-turny stuff won't work too well at international level.

That’s probably why he’s not getting picked but we’ll never know if he doesn’t get a chance. He has a skill set unlike any of our other options and is surely worth taking a look at.

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RodneyRegis wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:02 pm
mr flaps wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:51 pm
forrester wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:23 pm Luxury player according to Flaps
His performances have been wank for he majority of the season.
He says, hoping nobody has actually been watching.

Glaws have been wank for the majority of the season, there's a difference.

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Luxury player according to Flaps His performances have been wank for he majority of the season. They really haven’t and I’ve watched every single one. He had a few poor games when he first came back from injury but other than that has been quality, mostly behind a pack getting beaten by literally e...

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Seb Blake looks a decent hooker too. Lovely offload for Varney and the winning try. He’s been outstanding. Got thrown in at the deep end last season when we had Singleton, Socino and McGuigan all injured and hasn’t looked out of place at all. He’s technically very good as well as quick round the pa...

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Seb Blake looks a decent hooker too. Lovely offload for Varney and the winning try. He’s been outstanding. Got thrown in at the deep end last season when we had Singleton, Socino and McGuigan all injured and hasn’t looked out of place at all. He’s technically very good as well as quick round the pa...

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Hawk97 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:46 pm Rugby, bloody hell

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Get the fook in! First win at Welford Road in 17 years!

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Luxury player according to Flaps

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He’s been fantastic so far and a big reason behind our (slight) upturn in form. Has a mammoth boot on him and is really sharp in pretty much everything he does. Yeah, he has impressed every time I've watched him. With a bit of luck he'll fancy a return to London. :lol: You never know https://media....

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Freeman to keep marchant's shirt warm. Beard would make an OK 23 at this stage, not sure he's a test 13. I'd like to see Kelly force his way back in. I’m not sold on Kelly. He looked great when he first broke through but has been mostly crap every time I’ve seen him this season. Atkinson looked the...

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The ex-London Irish fellow at Gloucester - Englefield - looks a decent prospect lower down the age list. Doesn't dither, with a snappy service and lovely pass. He’s been fantastic so far and a big reason behind our (slight) upturn in form. Has a mammoth boot on him and is really sharp in pretty muc...

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Itoje Martin Earl Lawrence (arguable but he gives us so much) Not George anymore. The biggest plus has been the end of Faz to unshackle the team. Keepers; Furbank, Freeman, Lawrence, Smith/s, Mitchell, Wabosi, Ford, Chessum, Martin, Itoje, Earl, Genge, CCS, George (for now), Dan. Keep in the mix fo...

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The ex-London Irish fellow at Gloucester - Englefield - looks a decent prospect lower down the age list. Doesn't dither, with a snappy service and lovely pass. He’s been fantastic so far and a big reason behind our (slight) upturn in form. Has a mammoth boot on him and is really sharp in pretty muc...

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It was great to see Genge back and firing again.

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If he could throw in he’d make a great hooker.

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Keith wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:25 am
forrester wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:54 am What’s happening with Marchant? I’ve not seen him linked with anyone, is he coming back to the Uk?
Joining Sarries

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Loose Head Prop: Genge, Baxter, Haffar Hookers: George, Dan, Langdon Tight Head Prop: Cole, Opoku-Fourjour, Fasogabon I don't often accuse England and/or the RFU of acting sensibly, but keeping their grubby hands off some very young props looks a good idea. You really want them to be 22, maybe even...

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We really could do with him back. I think Slade has done ok, he’s made a few misreads and been hung out to dry a few times but Marchant just has the edge on him.

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