All Blacks vs England I

[Daffy Jaffy]

England reshuffle front row in team to face All Blacks

Steve Borthwick has named the England team that will look to tackle New Zealand in the opening Test of their July Series in Dunedin.

1. Joe Marler (Harlequins, 94 caps) – vice-captain

2. Jamie George (Saracens, 91 caps) – captain

3. Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 39 caps)

4. Maro Itoje (Saracens, 82 caps) – vice-captain

5. George Martin (Leicester Tigers, 13 caps)

6. Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins, 5 caps)

7. Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 36 caps)

8. Ben Earl (Saracens, 31 caps) – vice-captain

9. Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints, 16 caps)

10. Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 33 caps)

11. Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints, 9 caps)

12. Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby, 25 caps)

13. Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 63 caps) – vice-captain

14. Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs, 4 caps)

15. George Furbank (Northampton Saints, 10 caps)

Reserves

16. Theo Dan (Saracens, 13 caps)

17. Fin Baxter (Harlequins, uncapped)

18. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 113 caps)

19. Alex Coles (Northampton Saints, 5 caps)

20. Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 51 caps)

21. Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby, 5 caps)

22. Fin Smith (Northampton Saints, 3 caps)

23. Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton Saints, uncapped)

[Chris]

@george33 said in All Blacks vs England I:

Caleb Clarke ruled out of selection

Ribs still not good ?

[Bovidae]

England pretty much named their team when they played Japan.

[Kruse]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs England I:

The only worthwhile thing out of that Knowler article was

More of the same!
I feel robbed, we were promised shiny new things! This is bullshit.

[antipodean]

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs England I:

Jul 1  /  Sport

All Blacks: Who plays halfback this weekend?

Analysis: Aaron Smith's incredible career saw him snuff out any debate about the No 9 jersey for 13 straight seasons, but who takes his place, asks Jamie Wall.

Let me sum this up:
Experienced vs Incumbent vs In-form

My worst fear is a combination of Flapanara and Ginger McShitpass.

[antipodean]

@Daffy-Jaffy Unsurprising given how Dan Cole went against Japan.

[canefan]

A first ever test as coach, against a warmed up England side, that's a decent challenge. Whatever happened to a few games against lesser opposition before jumping into a game with one of the big boys?

[Kiwiwomble]

Graham Henry first game was england too...and they were world champ at the time

[nzzp]

Statement too

http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&MT_ID=2102

[Mr Fish]

@nzzp said in All Blacks vs England I:

Statement too

http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&MT_ID=2102

Only won the second half 6-0. Poor.

[Bones]

So we know Clarke is starting then.

[Kiwiwomble]

if clark is out....we only have 12 wingers to choose from now

[antipodean]

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

if clark is out....we only have 12 wingers to choose from now

That squad selection policy not looking quite so stupid now!

[Kiwiwomble]

@antipodean touche

[Windows97]

Has George Bridge been bought in as emergency cover yet?

[voodoo]

Wingers don’t have to defend much so maybe they’ll call up Sotutu

[Kiwiwomble]

@voodoo i dont think they mean the left side when they say both sides of the ball

[voodoo]

@Kiwiwomble my bad

[sparky]

@Chris That's a really good team.

[Chris]

@sparky said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Chris That's a really good team.

Yep England will be tough.