Article: The Original Rugby Championship - Six Nations 2016

Billy Tell

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He doesn't allow offloading, picks players out of position, picks out of form players, wingers have to be good at rucking and is extremely slow to play inexperienced players. All said and done, he is the most bizarre team selector I have ever seen. He is excellent at putting out well drilled teams but when it comes to selecting players he loses the plot. 
The attritional style of play is also causing a big injury toll.
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Philippe Saint-AndrÃ© surely?!

Catogrande

I see now that Eddy is falling into the same trap that Johnson and Lancaster fell into with an early prediction that Tuilagi will be fit to face Wales. Apart from quite possibly being over-hopeful bollocks what does this say to the others in the squad apart from "you're only keeping Manu's bed warm for him"? Unless of course Eddy is a genius people person and feels that Joseph needs some grounding after scoring a hat trick?

TeWaio

Hopefully it means he plays 12 with JJ at 13, and then they pick one flyhalf and stick with him rather than shoehorning two in.

Catogrande

Hmm, with no speed merchant on the open side flank, Ford not being the best defender and then add Manu's propensity for rushing up out of the defensive line... I would be nervous with that combo TeWaio.

TeWaio

Kvesic/Armitage at 7. Ford told to man up on D or he gets benched for Farrell.

SimonAdd

I'd rather Manu was just left out of this Six Nations TBH and just told to focus on his fitness for the Australia tour; he's enormous at the moment. He's always been a big boy but his last couple of matches for Leicester he looked like a prop. 
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MiketheSnow

Welsh team to play France on Friday announced
 
Wales XV:
 
15 Liam Williams
14 Alex Cuthbert
13 Jonathan Davies
12 Jamie Roberts
11 George North
10 Dan Biggar
9 Gareth Davies
 
1 Rob Evans
2 Scott Baldwin
3 Samson Lee
4 Bradley Davies
5 Alun Wyn Jones
6 Dan Lydiate
7 Sam Warburton (Capt.)
8 Taulupe Faletau
 
Reps:
Ken Owens, Gethin Jenkins, Tom Francis, Jake Ball, Justin Tipuric
Lloyd Williams, Rhys Priestland, Gareth Anscombe
 
 
Charteris out with injury. Lydate into the backrow and Tipuric to the bench. James dropped for Cuthbert.
 
Should be too strong for France.
 
Wales by 9-14.

gollum

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Hopefully it means he plays 12 with JJ at 13, and then they pick one flyhalf and stick with him rather than shoehorning two in.
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He made a point early on of saying he saw Tuilagi as at 12 in the mould of Nonu. So the JJ appears say. Till Slade is fit.

Catogrande

Priestland AND Anscombe on the bench but no Morgan? You must be spitting Mike.

MiketheSnow

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Priestland AND Anscombe on the bench but no Morgan? You must be spitting Mike.
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Don't get me started :ireful:

Catogrande

Too late. Sorry.

MiketheSnow

Been emphatically informed by more learned brethren that Morgan is too small for Test rugby.
 
Maybe for Gatland's Morgan see Hansen's Shane Williams.

Catogrande

Well Hansen did eventually pick Williams, even if it was virtually by default. Morgan should get his chance aged about 32 based on that.

Billy Tell

Got to be honest the 6N has been pretty crap viewing so far, only Wales vs Scotland was decent. 
With super rugby starting the enthusiasm has waned. I'll watch 2 of the games, but Scotland vs Italy will probably get a miss. 
Could be down to a 2-horse race after the weekend, England could potentially humiliate Ireland at twickenham.

canefan

So Eddie Jones settles on Manu Tuilagi at 12 to be his "English" nonu. Isn't he the cop beater Tuilagi from recent times?

Crucial

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Could be down to a 2-horse race after the weekend, England could potentially humiliate Ireland at twickenham.
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There's a 81.2% chance that will happen.

Margin_Walker

England 23 for Ireland. Lawes drops out with Daly coming in to the squad as Eddie goes back to a 5:3 bench.
 
Forwards (13) Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers) Jack Clifford (Harlequins) Jamie George (Saracens) Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints) James Haskell (Wasps) Paul Hill (Northampton Saints) Maro Itoje (Saracens) George Kruis (Saracens) Joe Launchbury (Wasps) Joe Marler (Harlequins) Chris Robshaw (Harlequins) Billy Vunipola (Saracens) Mako Vunipola (Saracens) Backs (10) Mike Brown (Harlequins) Danny Care (Harlequins) Elliot Daly (Wasps) Owen Farrell (Saracens) George Ford (Bath Rugby) Alex Goode (Saracens) Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby) Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs) Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby) Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)

Catogrande

Lawes can feel a wee bit hard done by but I prefer the balance of this squad.

MiketheSnow

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Lawes can feel a wee bit hard done by but I prefer the balance of this squad.
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Itoje, Kruis & Launchbury offer way more IMHO

Catogrande

I'd agree that they complement each other a bit better Mike and I don't disagree with Eddy's selection in this instance.

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Article: The Original Rugby Championship - Six Nations 2016