2016 End-of-year internationals
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@MiketheSnow Howley didn't just drop Roberts though did he Mike? More like he threw him under the bus. Public criticism of a senior player is a new(ish) one ins't it?
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@Catogrande said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
@MiketheSnow Howley didn't just drop Roberts though did he Mike? More like he threw him under the bus. Public criticism of a senior player is a new(ish) one ins't it?
Howley hasn't worked out that Biggar is not compatible with a more expansive game plan.
G Davies, Biggar, Roberts works for one style of play
G Davies, S Davies and S Williams offers far more variety and more opportunity to play what's in front of you.
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@MiketheSnow For sure Mike I can see the rationale for dropping Roberts, I just thought it was a bit of a shit thing to publicly criticise him when he dropped him.
On The Sam Davis thing, I'm not sure I could take too much away from his cameo but he sure as hell wasn't fazed by international rugby.
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@Stargazer said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
England team to play South Africa:
1 Mako Vunipola, 2. Dylan Hartley, 3 Dan Cole, 4 Joe Launchbury, 5 Courtney Lawes, 6 Chris Robshaw, 7 Tom Wood, 8 Billy Vunipola, 9 Ben Youngs; 10 George Ford, 11 Jonny May, 12 Owen Farrell, 13 Elliot Daly, 14 Marland Yarde, 15. Mike Brown,
Reserves: 16 Jamie George, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Dave Attwood, 20 Nathan Hughes, 21 Danny Care, 22 Ben Te'o, 23 Jonathan Joseph
http://www.englandrugby.com/news/england-name-team-face-south-africa/
Itoje? Injured?
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@booboo Yeah as @Sapetyvi said, he's out, as is Kruis, so we are down to the lock pairing that a year ago we thought would be the England boiler room for the next 6 years. Launchbury and Lawes with Atwood on the bench. We're lucky to have that depth, we saw what losing two locks like Whitelock and Retallick can mean. We've also lost a host of back rowers, although a good few of them were Eddie's surprise picks. Front liners were Haskell and Clifford. Both previous first choice wingers are gone too.
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I appreciate you putting up this comprehensive schedule for the Northern Hemisphere matches which is, I found, beyond the capability of some of the unions and rugby sites themselves!
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Just going by the highlights France look like they might be on the turnaround - a new coach and they look like they are playing with some flair again. They'll be a real challenge for Wallabies and ABs the next two weeks I think. Sounds like they have some injuries though.
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@Mick-Gold-Coast-QLD Thanks. I just hate to miss games, because the tv guides are so unclear (awful design) or incomplete. I mean, Sky NZ's tv guide doesn't even show it's own rugby pop-up channels! So I usually make my own list. If I have a list, I may as well post it on the Fern so others can find the games' broadcast times and channels, too.
By the way, if anyone is interested in watching the Georgia v Japan game, here's the full video:
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@mimic said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
Looking at how England and Australia are playing tonight, England looks good to break the winning streak record
Yep. Pretty much a done deal - oh wait. Argies. Fuck. Aus. Fuck. Wales, Scotlad, Ireland, France. Multiple fucks.
However, I am a happy Englishman today, with us finally beating SA and beating them well. A lovely well worked first try despite Brown nearly butchering it with a crap final pass. The move went down well and had a percentage feel about it. Youngs had a great game and made a mockery of poor old Du Toit in his out of position flanker role. Two glaring forward passes missed (one in the lead up to the first SA try). One thing I couldn't quite get my head round though was the ineffectual SA line out which was packed with very tall guys. Why didn't they compete? Very odd. Arbritary ruling on the scrums where I think SA were on the wrong side of the decisions more than us. Our discipline was poor to start with but improved. SA were a shadow of what we have come to expect though. Sad to see.
Still. A convincing win with a few beers on the side - happy days.
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@Catogrande said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
@mimic said in 2016 End-of-year internationals:
Looking at how England and Australia are playing tonight, England looks good to break the winning streak record
Yep. Pretty much a done deal - oh wait. Argies. Fuck. Aus. Fuck. Wales, Scotlad, Ireland, France. Multiple fucks.
Unbackable favourites in all of those games. Done deal - start organising the parade now.
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French team to take on the Wallabies:
1 Baille 2 Guirado (c) 3 Atonio 4 Vahaamahina 5 Maestri 6 Ollivon 7 Gourdon 8 Picamoles
9 Machenaud 10 Doussain 11 Vakatawa 12 Fofana 13 Lamerat 14 Nakaitaci 15 SpeddingReserves : 16 Chat 17 Chiocci 18 Slimani 19 Le Devedec 20 Chouly 21 Serin 22 Lopez 23 Fickou
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WALLABIES TEAM TO FACE FRANCE
IN: James Slipper, Kane Douglas, Scott Fardy, Kyle Godwin, Sefa Naivalu, Luke Morahan, Taqele Naiyaravoro
OUT: Israel Folau, Dane Haylett-Petty, Michael Hooper, Sekope Kepu, Reece Hodge, Adam Coleman (knee), Rory Arnold
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James Slipper (83 Tests)
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Tolu Latu (1 Test)
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Allan Alaalatoa (7 Tests)
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Kane Douglas (28 Tests)
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Rob Simmons (68 Tests)
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Scott Fardy (38 Tests)
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David Pocock (c) (63 Tests)
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Sean McMahon (12 Tests)
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Will Genia (vc) (73 Tests)
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Quade Cooper (65 Tests)
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Henry Speight (8 Tests)
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Kyle Godwin*
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Tevita Kuridrani (42 Tests)
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Sefanaia Naivalu (3 Tests)
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Luke Morahan (2 Tests)
Reserves (one to be omitted)
Stephen Moore (c) (114 Tests)
Scott Sio (27 Tests)
Tom Robertson (5 Tests)
Will Skelton (17 Tests)
Dean Mumm (54 Tests)
Lopeti Timani (5 Tests)
Nick Phipps (50 Tests)
Bernard Foley (39 Tests)
Taqele Naiyaravoro (2 Tests)
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Wales XVto face Japan:
Liam Williams; Leigh Halfpenny, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, Alex Cuthbert; Gareth Anscombe, Lloyd Williams;
Nicky Smith, Scott Baldwin, Samson Lee; Cory Hill, Alun Wyn Jones; Dan Lydiate, Sam Warburton, James King.
Replacements: Kristian Dacey, Rhys Gill, Scott Andrews, Jake Ball, Ross Moriarty, Gareth Davies, Sam Davies, Keelan Giles
Very much our second team.
Anscombe's chance to show he's No. 2 outside half
https://www.ffr.fr/Equipes-de-France/Rugby-a-XV/XV-France/France-Australie-La-composition
