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Also, we’ve a huge issue at Loose Head. Porter is a liability in the scrum and we don’t seem to have anyone coming through. Furlong also a liability in the scrum. This loss hopefully will bring everybody back down to reality that we are an average team when our attack is shut down, which all teams ...

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TheBouncer wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:36 pm Better team won fun fun game

Absolutely, a few too many errors from both sides, but played with a lot of power amd pace.

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If it was a strategy not to find touch on our exits it was f**king moronic, including that last Murray one

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No release, trade for the winger’s one earlier

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Couple of big carries and clearouts from Martin in that

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All from Murray’s fudge up

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Really good counter, need to find touch

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Crowley is the f**king man

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It’s great that England are playing

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The thing I don't get, is the overly laudatory stuff about his use (reliance on) data. Data is obviously massively important, but Borthwick's 'vision' sees data being used to minimise risk, rather than to maximise opportunity, and that is a fundamental problem if you don't have players who are bette...

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England really need to move away from relying on power at this level. The pay-off is at senior level if you get skills and systems right at U20s. I agree, but on top of that the thing I find particularly odd is that England also weren't that much more powerful than Ireland. They definitely had more...

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danny_fitz wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:08 pm
Winnie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:06 pm The English subs can sit the fúck back down
Who is the karate kid bad guy lookalike?

Henry Pollock? Didn't do much at all today, but has been one of England's best players to date I think.

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Mulleh wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:07 pm Thought the ref was a proper Homer prior to 80 minutes tbf

Apart from the offside line he was mostly fine.

Ireland's own errors let England back in it.

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Nonsense the ref playing that long an advantage.

And dumb from Ireland not to take it earllier.

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Good score.

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Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:56 pm Loosehead didn’t take the hit

Was the right call, TH was off balance.

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Jammy bastards. Was exactly the right idea.

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IBWT wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:47 pm Nothing more frustrating than scoring and immediately making a bollocks of the restart.

Was poor allround, but despite having a very good game EOC very sloppy, didn't diagnose a possible counterruck and let them turn the ball over.

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Great score.

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New English TH is a big boy.

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Schlaps wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:37 pm Gavin really needs to work on his passing and handling.

Yes, but I have no worries. He's come on leaps and bounds since last year, and has repeatedly, if not consistently, shown great skills at times in this 6N.

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Good try. Spicer knackered, didn't get to the ruck to be the pillar defender.

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I'm sure he is a really good player, but I have been very surprised how quiet that Pollock has been.

Argh Hugh, need to make sure you get the ball.

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Murphy screaming for that, great play.

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Fuuuuuuudge

Was such a good line from BOC

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Backwards by arse

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The English backs attacking shape is really, weirdly bad.

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Fantastic try. Great play all round, and wonderful passing from the 9.

Though slightly worried we may come back for a clearout a while back after the lineout.

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CM11 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:44 pm
grimoald wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:41 pm How is there a 2 man lineout called, then 2 lifters and a jumper? Very confused.
Can SH join once it's thrown?

That could definitely be the reason. Though would it actually be possible physically?

Great exit there.

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How is there a 2 man lineout called, then 2 lifters and a jumper? Very confused.

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England LH boring in massively for the pen - had his man on toast but still drove inwards. Then double movement for the try - tackled and then launched again.

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Just to refresh our memories, here’s Radge’s contribution to that Scotland game. https://youtu.be/s6ytZ77KaFU?si=EkgEQh_fnyDE9H5c I mean, we could argue till the cows come home about what Sexton did or didn’t do against the ABs, particularly in the end-game, but none of his contributions actively g...

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When Woodward contrived to deliver the worst Lions performance in living memory by selecting the dads army four years later, he managed to combine poor selection (of the squad) with atrocious tactics and in-camp vibes. The selection he should have been able to get away with - they were still good e...

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Depth. Addison likely going back to England. But it’s only a rumour. Apparently he can play centre too, which I hadn't realised, so on depth grounds some sense - but he'd need to be cheap as chips for it to make any kind of sense. I imagine he will be pretty cheap, would never have been on a high w...

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Haley is head and shoulders the best alternative FB to Keenan we have. It's not even close. I think he deserves a shot. Given how well Nash has done, they'd definitely put Hansen at 15 if he was fit and Keenan was out. But Haley should be pushing a fit JOB for the next cab off the rank. They talked...

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Yeah, thought he was fairly conspicuously off the pace tbh but this season has been fairly weird timed for him, joining Munster in November etc. Fair comment. No preseason, or a messed about one, can't be helpful for a big unit. My concern was he didn't look that big. Looked a bit skinny for a prop...

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Why can't we find even average international level ball carrying forwards, like they trickle through one a decade if we are lucky. It's ridiculous and I don't understand it, it's been massively holding us back for forty years. A really interesting thing is you have produced loads of backs in the la...

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There's a big difference between having the athletic capability to be a good 15 in league/european rugby, and the same at same time not being up to it in test rugby. Alex Goode is the perfect example. An absolutely brilliant club player in a strong Saracens team. But just not at all up to it at inte...

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My entire post was focused on Crowley and not Frawley. I said that irelands attacking shape was different to what we’re used to seeing due to the role Frawley played - this was a supporting point - I didn’t comment good or bad re Frawley in this regard beyond noting he’s not that type of 15 (yet). ...

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