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Online paul_e

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #5415 on: July 02, 2026, 04:15:16 PM »
The England team is out.

The biggest take away that it shows he's just not learning from his mistakes. Pollock on the bench so he can pick Chessum at 6 for the extra weight is all the evidence you need that he still sees it as a numbers game of pure brute force, rather than any skill or technique. The 6-2 split further reinforces it and Freeman in the centres instead of on the wing is yet another example of him being clueless as to how saints structure their game to get Freeman into the midfield to punch holes. "He breaks the line in midfield a lot so I'll pick him at centre" is exactly the sort of thinking I've come to expect from Borthwick.

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Re: International Rugby
« Reply #5416 on: Today at 11:33:46 AM »
Missed NZ v France, but caught a fair bit of Japan v Italy.
Japan looked pretty good, Italy poor.

 


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