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How is Dombrandt not in the England squad...

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Launch to miss the France game, knee injury.

https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/n ... nee-injury

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Out of the uncapped players, who are we hoping will get a decent shot at showing what they can do for England?

For me it would be Furbank, Stuart and Thorley. The first two for the greater depth at 15 and 3, but Thorley looks a hell of a winger.

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No Dombrandt and same scrummies? Christ...

Furbank well deserved mind.

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Simmonds has allegedly been told he has no international future by EJ. Actually a poor reflection on Jones, as the backrow is all about balance, and the role Simmonds was given was not balanced. He did as well as most others would have done, and has since proved himself more than capable against a ...

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Billy V off with suspected broken forearm (again). Going to have to test a new 8 now (Dombrandt hopefully).

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Double wrote:What do we think, will Sarries be properly up for this match and come steaming out of the gate, or are they just going to be demoralised and flat?

Based on that start, they are well up for this.

They can now flip their plan, play the main side in Europe and rotate a lot in the Premiership.

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Double wrote:Furbank got over his nerves eventually, then. I'd start him in the 6 nations, his defensive play is miles ahead of Daly and he can be as deadly in attack.

Damned sight better under the high ball than the incumbent.

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Saint wrote:Go on Furbs!

Cracking line.

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In light of recent media reports, the Club confirms it is engaged in constructive dialogue with PRL.

We are unable to pass further comment at this time.

https://www.saracens.com/club-comment-o ... a-reports/

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Also, stole this from the other thread as it made for interesting reading. Transfer fees... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2020/01/17/got-caught-didnt-even-apologise-saracens-arrogance-lack-contrition/ How Saracens' arrogance and lack of contrition angered rival clubs Daniel Schofield:- dep...

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Not officially confirmed, but article in the Guardian states Sarries will accept another 35 point deduction and therefore relegation.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/ ... relegation

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Wendigo7 wrote:When is the England squad announced?

Monday at midday.

https://inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/e ... up-1367287

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Saint wrote:Late change sees Mallinder move to 15 and Sleighthome to the wing. Mallinder scores in the 5th minute

That was some catch from Sleighthome just now.

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Simon Amor and Matt Proudfoot apparently coming in as attack and scrum coach respectively.

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LI team for Toulon later. Lots of rotation from the league game, with Fiji Phil set for a senior debut off the bench. Team had to fly to Milan and drive up due to the strikes in France. London Irish: 15 Jacob Atkins, 14 Tom Fowlie, 13 Bryce Campbell, 12 Theo Brophy Clews, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, ...

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Ted Hill has signed a contract extension with Warriors, until 2022.

https://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/domesti ... extension/

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Sarries decide not to challenge the points deduction and fine, for "the good of the game".

https://www.saracens.com/club-statement ... igel-wray/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/50457698

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Brilliant from Ibitoye but I still wouldn't have him in the team by choice. Just seen the try. Wow. He's unreal with ball in hand. Just gets better. Shame about the other stuff. He's actually really shit with ball in hand most of the time. It's just that once in a while he roasts everyone. Didn't w...

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Simpson again!

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Jake wrote:Kpuko 100% gone to Saints. I just got that one confirmed.

Joel Kpoku, he the guy who was touted as "better than Itoje at the same age" a while back?

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Possible 35 point deduction for Sarries?

https://amp.rugbypass.com/news/saracens ... elegation/

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From the comments coming out of the RFU today it seems Eddie will stay on but Borthwick might be off to join a Prem club, maybe Leicester Think if Eddie stays on then he should refresh his coaching staff somewhat - new scrum and lineout coach for sure According to the Mail, Borthers to Leicester, H...

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Hammersley (now at Sale) might be worth watching. Always showed up well for the Falcons.

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That period of play when we battered away at their line just made me so angry at Ben Youngs - pass after pass after pass was thrown behind the shoulder of the target, forcing them to stop and get the hands high and wasting any momentum we had on attack. Just absolute Grade-A dogshit from a player w...

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Really poor from England.

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Hopefully the likes of May and Sinckler are fully fit, and didn't just scrape through their fitness tests.

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That fend from Thorley on Fekitoa was excellent

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Best England performance in years. Incredible.

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There was speculation on the Ruck podcast that EJ may start with Itoje, Kruis and Lawes on Saturday. The thinking is that England's lineout fell apart in the 2nd half in the November 2018 game vs NZ and starting with just the two lineout options could be a risk. Curry has been a lineout option but ...

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https://preview.redd.it/pcv2x8qg2ht31.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=8604b98b6ff66fcd95d46b7724eda11766f30013 I bloody love Sinkler. It was hilarious when the Aussies were trying to wind him up in the scrums but he just sort of looks at them with a crazed shit-eating grin. Imagine his reactio...

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Sucks particularly for people like HH who have flown out for this game.

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England/France confirmed cancelled due to the typhoon.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-rugby ... F6?rpc=401&

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Agree with the comments about Faz, but we are were we are. Tuilagi should be an inside centre in the classic mold but cannot pass, kick, or tackle. So Ford / Faz / Tuilagi or JJ or Slade is what we have. Our biggest problem (and has been since 2003) is scrum-half, anybody any ideas why ? One of the...

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Farrell and Youngs were the only really worrying parts of that Billy too, he's pretty underwhelming at the moment. He was fine. Underwhelming by his standards, but not actively bad like Youngs and Farrell were. Thought Youngs was ok today. Better than Heinz. Nope. Possibly. The phases which led up ...

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Meant to ask this the other day, when did the rules change to bring back the long ruck? They didn't change in the first place - they just brought in the 5 second rule. Didnt they remove the "human caterpillar" element at one point? Sarries suddenly stopped doing or after using it to great success a...

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Meant to ask this the other day, when did the rules change to bring back the long ruck?

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Taken the day off work, bairns at nursery, uninterrupted viewing for this one!

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Team for the USA game: 15. Elliot Daly, 14. Ruaridh McConnochie, 13. Jonathan Joseph, 12. Piers Francis, 11. Joe Cokanasiga, 10. George Ford (captain), 9. Willi Heinz; 1. Joe Marler, 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3. Dan Cole, 4. Joe Launchbury, 5. George Kruis, 6. Tom Curry, 7. Lewis Ludlam, 8. Billy Vunipo...

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Also thought Daly had a good game; no high-ball issues, kicked and counter-attacked well, nice pass to set up Manu’s second try. Joseph made an impact off the bench too. Apart from him overrunning slade and blowing a certain try How was he to know that Slade would stop before passing the ball - I t...

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