Clifford for Robshaw, Kvesic for Haskell is how I would do it. And drop Youngs to boot.
Aside from first half of Wales v Ireland think it has been a poor tournament.Scotland are the most entertaining team
Quote from: rob_bridge on March 03, 2016, 11:28:23 AMAside from first half of Wales v Ireland think it has been a poor tournament.Scotland are the most entertaining teamIt's going almost exactly as I suspected.England look like a squad put together to play one way but being asked/trained to play a different game.France look like a team where the stars of their domestic league are all foreign and they don't know where the spark will come from.Ireland look like they've lost all the leaders in their squad.Italy look like a side that's trying to do the right things but doesn't have the club structure to support it.Scotland look like a team trying to play the right way but with players not quite able to believe they are good enough to do it.Wales look like a team who are assembled to bully the opposition and kick points when they get chance and then hope that one of their crashes through the middle leads to a try.Ireland have the most sympathy from me, losing O'Brien for the tournament when he's the only world class player they have left was a kick in a balls. I'm not sure I agree with you on Scotland though, I understand what they're trying to do but I just don't think they have the quality (especially at 10, 12 and 13) to play the game they're trying to so it looks a bit like a waste of effort and I really don't see them doing much more than we've seen already.
I agree on Scotland, I think it's commendable, I just don't agree that they're the most entertaining team but that's largely because I get so frustrated by basic handling errors that it puts me off and I can't concentrate on what they're actually trying to do. The worst thing is I think they have a decent pack for the game they want to play and a good set of outside backs but Finn Russell is easily the worst 10 in the tournament and their centres aren't much better either. On top of that I think Laidlaw is a barely acceptable 9 who keeps his spot on the strength of his kicking which adds yet another reason that Russell needs to be replaced.
Annoying that the rugby never seems to be on when I have the telly to myself and Villa aren't playing.
Quote from: cdbullyweefan on March 06, 2016, 05:38:36 PMAnnoying that the rugby never seems to be on when I have the telly to myself and Villa aren't playing.Could be worse. Viasat have the rights to the 6 nations and the World Cup over here.The world cup final coverage ended up being the last 30 minutes live followed by a complete re-run of the game as they'd decided to show PSG v Barcelona ladies handball instead.The 6 nations matches have so far been the Friday evening game re-run at about midnight, no coverage of the Saturday game and the Sunday game at about 2am on Monday morning.Apart from this weekend where everything is either Tennis from Indian Wells, Boxing or serious pant wetting over Kevin Magnussen returning to F1.
Slightly off topic but BT Sport's coverage is generally excellent of club rugby nowadays. Often three or four matches and decent analysis programmes too. I also enjoy the amount of European football that they show. It's almost as if I can completely ignore the Premier League now and pretend it is not happening.
Quote from: cdbullyweefan on March 06, 2016, 05:38:36 PMAnnoying that the rugby never seems to be on when I have the telly to myself and Villa aren't playing.Do you try to watch the club game? English club rugby is truly brilliant right now, there are 4-5 teams that are great to watch, I recommend Wasps and Worcester to anyone who likes a more flowing game (Worcester are the scots of the league, trying to do everything the right way but just not quite good enough to pull it off) and then Bath, Exeter, Gloucester and Saints are all capable of looking excellent when thy hit form.