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SaintK

Telegraph breaking the news on the squad announcement. I’d take them as gospel because they nearly always get it right. 10 Northampton players called by Borthwick apparently. Dingwall and Smith in. Possibly Langdon too. Slightholme in England A :shock: :shock: Shame Wigglesworth is attack coach and...

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Telegraph saying that George will be named England captain and that Slade and LC-D recalled when the squad is announced tomorrow
Assuming that Dan is named 3rd hooker thgat will be a shame for Curtis Langdon who has been playing so well for Saints

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Link? https://scottishrugby.org/scotland-squad-named-for-2024-guinness-six-nations/ Leicester Tigers’ tighthead Hurd represented his country at under-20 level Birth name William Arthur Hurd Date of birth 29 June 1999 (age 24) Place of birth Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, England lol :uhoh: 24 y...

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DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 4:49 pm Hepburn, the Aussie who played for England. He's some boy!

Not even first choice LH at Chiefs!!!

SaintK

I think he definitely deserves a second shot. I'm not sure it was good for his career for maaaaaate to pick him at 10 at that point in his career. Plus as he's matured he no longer looks like just a skillful player who does some good things for his club, he's starting to look fairly commanding and ...

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Louis Johnson at Falcons too, Sarries would do well to raid Falcons for him, Brantingham and Pepper if they are planning a proper rebuild. Radwan too would add alot to their backline, too many of their players are lacking the youthful athleticism required these days... May be proved wrong, but watc...

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Furbank has looked a distant 2nd to sleightholm this season for saints Back 3... Sleightholm Radwan Muir Murley (cos he's been injured throughout) Furbank Freeman Thorley Mike brown Ibitoye Steward Sleightholme is only just back from a 9 month injury break and has played less than 6 games so far th...

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:45 pm
polyallstar wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:36 pm
Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:37 am
You probably wouldn't want him starting against Ireland or France. Definitely a rising star though.
Not sure we have a LH I want starting against Ireland or France tbh
It's going to be Genge, isn't it?

Yep, if he's fit

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Hoof wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:20 pm I'm looking forward to when the c-suite execs are called for questioning. No doubt they'll have all been briefed but one of them might crack.

Worth a read
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67884743

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DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:19 am Arthur Daly?

Internet says Finn Smith in, Joe Marler out.

Fin Baxter?

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You don't need evidence to know that somebody would have smelt a rat when they were putting taking a postmaster to court every week, you absolute melt 😂 As a long standing business they would have an average number of people that would be prosecuted in an average year. Clearly this would have gone ...

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I'm not getting into all the above stuff, but I know someone who features (all be it fairly briefly) in the ITV drama, and interestingly his comment last night was "why is no-one talking about Adam Crozier?" Paula Vennells is rightly getting a lot of press attention, but isn't the only one that nee...

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Skivington named Head Coach for England A with Waldouck and Vesty
https://www.englandrugby.com/news/arti ... ead-coach
Would have thought he'd concentrate on Glaws the way they are playing at the moment.

SaintK

Don't be stupid. Everyone has been aware for years that there have been grave miscarriages of justice due to an IT system that wasn't fit for purpose. It's the media bandwagon, scandal and crisis hyperbole, plus the 'obvious' truths that "they" were doing things, that i rail against. Well thank fuc...

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The Guardian have re-released their podcasts on this today. They've a woman on who was fired, prosecuted, jailed, was forced to sell her house to make up this imaginary shortfall, was threatened with jail again for not paying back the imaginary shortfall, and had her health completely collapse in t...

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They haven't really cherry picked many yet - some of them have been opportunistic (e.g. Arundell and Willis) and most have been fringe England players. Hopefully our 'nailed on' England starters will still see their England careers as more valuable - but we'll not know until their domestic contract...

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Racing say non!
https://www.racing92.fr/article/commun ... l/33439

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Fin Smith would be a good replacement. You can f uck right off thanks He's a Worcester lad, free market now! Seriously though, I rate Finn Smith very highly, think he's actually very similar to Farrell in much of his play Smith signed a 3 year contract when Biggar left. Won't be on anything like Bi...

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'king hell. Manu Vunipola as starting next season 10 :uhoh: They'll pull somebody in. Stupid question- are sarries still loaded? Their best players are kind of a legacy from the great side they had rather than buy ins? Wealthy Saffer sshareholders If fat Billy moves on as well that'll free up some ...

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Hoof wrote: ↑Fri Jan 05, 2024 5:50 pm
Plastic Sarrie wrote: ↑Fri Jan 05, 2024 5:34 pm 'king hell. Manu Vunipola as starting next season 10

Fin Smith would be a good replacement.

You can f uck right off thanks

SaintK

There are Championship clubs with better 'brands' than some of the Premiership failures - definitely including Bedford (but not Ampthill). Blackheath Coventry Nottingham Bedford Are all more noteworthy than Worcester in the history of English rugby. You could probably add Moseley and Orrell as well...

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Is the Chiefs winger an EQP? Yep but Borthwick is so dense he will ignore him for Watson. Needs to select IFW and Roebuck quickly. IFW came through the Cardiff Academy before going to Birmingham to study medicine. He has already trained with the wider Welsh squad. I thought the other youngsters in ...

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It is a funny one. Roebuck in particular seems tailor made for Borthwick's system: big, quick, excellent in the air. He's qualified for Scotland too so I'd hope England don't hang around too much. Quirke quietly getting back to form as well, keeping everything crossed he has an injury-free run. Car...

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DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:07 pm
mr flaps wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 9:58 pm Will Muir might be worth looking at.
Some of them Sale lads look good.

I've been particularly impressed with Roebuck.
Appears to have a strong all round game for a wing

SaintK

England could potentially have an all black (skinned) front row in the next few years; Props Fasogbon 19yrs 132kgs Opoku 19yrs 115kgs Haffar 22yrs 115kgs Iyogun 23yrs 115kgs Hookers Jibulu 20yrs 110kgs Adejimi 21yrs 98kgs It'll be an interesting side-note, but likely to be as non-heralded [and righ...

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Hartley, Knight and Dan just off your radar are they? :uhoh: was not olly hartley a wasps product-you just grabbed him once wasps went under. knight is decent prospect but not a first Xv player yet. Dan does looks good though- who else past 2-3 years has broken into the first team from academy and ...

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JPNZ wrote: ↑Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:57 am Older thread here:

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=88464&

Globus all over that thread like a rash!!!!

SaintK

Damn, the premiership sides couldnt possibly play at a different time could they? Even with only 5 games a week, the scheduling is still appalling. Three of those five games were played between 2-6pm on a Saturday. If you're in any way involved in local, grassroots rugby, then you've no hope of eve...

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DragsterDriver wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:07 pm Didn't Saint make a loss last year?

Yes.
A relastively small one following repayment of all their covid loans in the financial year

SaintK

Nope, i'm just not buying it. To suddenly announce this way ahead of the six Nations squad being announced doesn't add up at all. My mate was in at Sarries yesterday as he is every week. According to the group of senior players he works with there is no ulterior motive or reason other than that giv...

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Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:00 pm
Cicero wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:53 pm ford to 10,smith the bench 10 presumably for the six nations?
Fin Smith, right?

Would be nice to see Lawrence get a good run in the 12 jersey without the two playmaker nonsense. Can't rule out seeing the ghost of Manu Tuilagi stealing a living at 13 though...

Yep, eventually

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Rugby2023 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:46 pm I can't imagine Farrell is the type to bother with social media, there must be something else going on.

He has almost 200,000 followers and mnearly 2000 posts on Twitter by the looks of it

SaintK

anyone know the real reason he's withdrawing ? family stuff ? Perhaps h's fed up with all the personal abuse form those keyboard warriors out there. I'm not the greatest Farrell fan but he gets more unwarranted stick than any other player I can think of. Sarries will be very happy with this decision

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obviously lewis ludlum to toulon next season has been confirmed,but i saw a report in france suggesting kyle sinckler to toulon is also a done deal for next season-has anyone heard or read thats a done deal? they not huge losses for england really-sincklers been mediocre for years now and ludlum is...

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Do you lack comprehension skills ? That point was clearly a rebuff of a previous post re turnovers. Why does anyone bother replying to Toga? He's a sad, old man, who gets his kicks from spending over a decade trolling strangers on a rugby forum. I had no idea he was 'old' - his posting would sugges...

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There are enough to fill Twickenham @£150 a pop. Don't need new ones. You obviously didn't notice the empty tiers in the pre RWC warm up matches at Twickenham then For the first time in all the years I've been managing England international tickets at my club we didn't sell out our allocation for t...

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If Borthwick selects boring teams that play shite rugby winning won't be enough to Keep his job. English rugby needs new fans to make some cash and they won't manage that boxkicking for 80mins. There are enough to fill Twickenham @£150 a pop. Don't need new ones. You obviously didn't notice the emp...

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Daly is a bloody excellent and very complete rugby player. He's got good rugby IQ, he's quick, he can pass, he's aggressive in defence and he's got a massive boot. He's exactly the sort of player you want to involve early in phase play. Then why has he been so shite for England the past couple of y...

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Watched the Newcastle Sarries game, Daly was pure class. You can see why he keeps getting selected for England. Ford for Sale the same. Very very good indeed. Timing of his pass on te attack is excellent. Daly is a bloody excellent and very complete rugby player. He's got good rugby IQ, he's quick,...

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iarmhiman wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2023 6:36 pm
SaintK wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2023 6:35 pm Interesting 3 page letter from Braverman to Sunak.
Can't link it unfortunately!!!
It's two posts above

Thanks, missed it!!!

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