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Re: Six Nations 2016
« Reply #795 on: February 08, 2016, 06:17:17 PM »
I'll say one thing that surprised me on Saturday and that's how much Kruis has come on. I thought he was excellent.

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Re: Six Nations 2016
« Reply #796 on: February 08, 2016, 06:45:55 PM »
Yeah, hopefully he'll stop making shit films now.

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Re: Six Nations 2016
« Reply #797 on: February 08, 2016, 09:02:48 PM »
I'll say one thing that surprised me on Saturday and that's how much Kruis has come on. I thought he was excellent.

Yeah, he's had a fantastic season and is carrying that form through.  Right now Launchbury is ahead but then there's nothing between Kruis, Lawes and Itoje for the other spot and the bench, all 4 are mobile enough to play back row as well which is fantastic.

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Re: Six Nations 2016
« Reply #798 on: February 12, 2016, 10:23:19 AM »
Launchbury, Marler and Care dropped for Lawes, Mako and Youngs respectively. Itoje makes the bench. I'm a little surprised that other than Care the only cover for the backs in Goode. I'm not too happy with that.

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Re: Six Nations 2016
« Reply #799 on: February 12, 2016, 10:32:41 AM »
Yeah, I don't understand the logic of having two locks on the bench and only two backs either.

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Re: Six Nations 2016
« Reply #800 on: February 12, 2016, 08:30:21 PM »
I'm sticking to the thought that he wants to keep some of the experienced players around whilst we transition, if we're still playing Haskell at 7, Farrell at 12, Care/Youngs at 9 and Goode anywhere this time next year I'll be concerned, and if they're still there in 2018 then I'll be devastated, those choices just don't match to his words and I can't believe he'll stick by them for long.  This summer will be telling anyway as he has a completely free choice on the squad then rather than being hamstrung by the central contracts/restrictions on changes.

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Re: Six Nations 2016
« Reply #801 on: February 12, 2016, 10:08:39 PM »
Launchbury, Marler and Care dropped for Lawes, Mako and Youngs respectively. Itoje makes the bench. I'm a little surprised that other than Care the only cover for the backs in Goode. I'm not too happy with that.

Not really dropped,
Eddie Jones has said that he will pick 'horses for courses'
He said that this will be a faster game, so he, obviously,  feels these guys offer more mobility.

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Re: Six Nations 2016
« Reply #802 on: February 13, 2016, 04:21:41 PM »
The French are going to be a danger now.

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Re: Six Nations 2016
« Reply #803 on: February 13, 2016, 05:34:40 PM »
Scotland v Wales at HT is making England's performance look more impressive.
I've got to say, I like the way Wales play, despite currently losing.

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Re: Six Nations 2016
« Reply #804 on: February 13, 2016, 06:44:59 PM »
I don't particularly like the way Wales play, it's all about physicality. Scotland need a win against Ireland or France.

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Re: Six Nations 2016
« Reply #805 on: February 13, 2016, 06:48:01 PM »
Yep, Wales have focused on being bigger and stronger than the opposition for a few years, it's reasonably effective but I'm not a fan.

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Re: Six Nations 2016
« Reply #806 on: February 13, 2016, 10:16:32 PM »
The French are going to be a danger now.

Not so sure.
Ireland were pretty poor today.
I think England, Wales and Scotland will beat them

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Re: Six Nations 2016
« Reply #807 on: February 13, 2016, 11:56:00 PM »
France were awful for an hour, it was only because Ireland didn't take the points when they were on top that France were still in the game, neither of those sides worry me at all, Ireland are turning out exactly as I expected.  They hit their peak before the world cup and have been on the way down since, the club sides are evidence of that and the poor club form for most of the squad has translated to the national team.  France really don't scare me, they have some quality but they've lost too much experience and there are massive gaps in their team, significantly I think they're (comparatively) very weak at 8,9 and 10 which are pretty much the worst positions to be struggling for. Wales look easily ruffled so if, like scotland did for an hour, we can match them in physicality I can see them panicking, they started to today before scotland dropped off and let them get a couple of quick scores.  The cautionary note would be that North always has the ability to create something from nothing.

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Re: Six Nations 2016
« Reply #808 on: February 14, 2016, 03:11:55 PM »
Horribly poor 50 from England, Cole and Youngs in particular have been utter shite.

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Re: Six Nations 2016
« Reply #809 on: February 14, 2016, 05:33:25 PM »
Terrible first 50 and then much better in last 30. I was really impressed by Itoje.

 


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