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Offline peter w

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #1185 on: June 27, 2016, 09:27:02 AM »
What we need now is for a team to match us up front to see if we can be effective without clear dominance in the set piece. That's where Farrell at 12 takes something away from us.

Christ you're the LTA of the International Rugby thread aren't you. So far in the last year you've been anti Haskell, Farrell, Robshaw, Brown and I'm sure there are others that I've missed. When Haskell played well against someone in the 6 Nations i posted a journo's breakdown and you posted a long reply on how they were wrong and you were right.

Haskell has been brilliant, Robshaw too, and you your reply is 'yeah but I'm right because they should be playing so and so in so and so, not at so and so'. Farrell has come on leaps and bounds under Jones - which started under Lancaster but you want to point out that again you wouldn't play Farrell at 12 and you know better than Eddie Jones.

We've won 3-0 on the back of a Grand Slam and surely, surely, you can just sit back relax enjoy the moment and think, maybe Eddie Jones knows slightly more than I do? Relax man, England are winning, the sun is shining, leave your negativity for when we're losing.

Offline paul_e

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #1186 on: June 27, 2016, 09:42:38 AM »
Sam Burgess.  Remember him?  No thought not.

If they hadn't tried to shoe-horn him into the side a year before he was ready I think he'd still be playing union and would've played a big part going forward, as a linebreaking runner he could've been the best in the world, just like he is in League, but he needed to learn to time his runs which is the major difference for a crash runner between the 2, for league the pass is easier to predict because quick ball is guaranteed.

Offline Dante Lavelli

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #1187 on: June 27, 2016, 01:48:05 PM »
Sorry for being lazy, but does anyone know a good link for highlights of Saturday's game?

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #1188 on: June 27, 2016, 02:00:38 PM »
Sorry for being lazy, but does anyone know a good link for highlights of Saturday's game?

Try this

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10153888997419825&id=48835794824

Offline Dante Lavelli

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #1189 on: June 27, 2016, 02:02:06 PM »
Thank you.  I will watch tonight.

Offline peter w

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #1190 on: June 27, 2016, 10:30:53 PM »

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #1191 on: September 07, 2016, 01:31:47 PM »
Gatland named as 2017 Lions tour ahead coach, cue a team full of fat, unfit out of form Welshmen.

Offline paul_e

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #1192 on: September 07, 2016, 04:17:33 PM »
Gatland named as 2017 Lions tour ahead coach, cue a team full of fat, unfit out of form Welshmen.

If the 6N goes the same as last season anything less than 17-18 English players in the squad will be a joke.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #1193 on: September 07, 2016, 05:33:27 PM »
I don't like a kiwi taking them to New Zealand either.

Offline nigel

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #1194 on: September 07, 2016, 07:49:25 PM »
I'm pleased it wasn't Eddie Jones.
He can concentrate on the England job.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #1195 on: September 07, 2016, 07:52:22 PM »
If he sets up the team like he did in Aus we'll get massacred.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #1196 on: October 08, 2016, 06:00:20 PM »
Either New Zealand are a bit good, or Di Matteo has taken over as Springboks coach.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #1197 on: October 08, 2016, 06:12:58 PM »
9 tries, not too shabby, I'm looking forward to watching England open them up at Twickenham in a few weeks time.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #1198 on: October 08, 2016, 06:54:45 PM »
I think Jones needs to look at these training camps. Across Judo and intense fitness work that's now Jones, Watson and Nowell out for the Autumn.

Offline paul_e

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #1199 on: October 08, 2016, 06:58:17 PM »
Either New Zealand are a bit good, or Di Matteo has taken over as Springboks coach.

A bit of both to be fair, this is the same bok side that deservedly lost to Japan remember. New Zealand are the world number one, quite clearly, and England are the world number 2, again quite clearly.  After that you have a bunch of sides who can match those 2 in 1 off games (maybe) but are a long way short of being able to hit that level consistently.  SA are just in that group but only if they can put out their best 15.

 


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