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@Bones said in NH International Rugby:
Haaaa apparently Bono visited them to perform a "pep-talk".
Bet that would gee ya up eh.
He's a year too late to be able to discuss what its like to be massively overrated by your fans when the rest of the world thinks you're a bit shit. Do you reckon he snuck their latest album onto the teams phones without them asking for it?
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England starting XV
15 Elliot Daly (Saracens, 41 caps)
14 Jonny May (Leicester Tigers, 54 caps)
13 Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers, 41 caps)
12 Owen Farrell (Saracens, 81 caps) C
11 Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 49 caps)
10 George Ford (Leicester Tigers, 67 caps)
9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 97 caps)
1 Joe Marler (Harlequins, 69 caps)
2 Jamie George (Saracens, 47 caps)
3 Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins, 33 caps)
4 Maro Itoje (Saracens, 36 caps)
5 George Kruis (Saracens, 43 caps)
6 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 83 caps)
7 Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 17 caps)
8 Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 21 caps)Finishers
16 Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, 22 caps)
17 Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 16 caps)
18 Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 1 cap)
19 Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 63 caps)
20 Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 13 caps)
21 Ben Earl (Saracens, 1 cap)
22 Willi Heinz (Gloucester Rugby, 11 caps)
23 Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 27 caps) -
@sparky said in NH International Rugby:
England have named their team. I can't remember Jonathan Joseph on the Wing before:
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@Bones I am a little underwhelmed by that selection. Too many players out of position. #candoajob
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@Catogrande I really like the balance of the backline, but I'm a fan of Joseph. The loose forwards? Meh. Sinckler and Kruis are going to be busy carrying.
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@Bones I too am a fan of Joseph and reckon he's been a bit unlucky under Eddie. However I have serious doubts about him as a winger, especially up against a fired up and confident Irish team with good wingers. I'm with you on the loose forwards, the current selection weakens us at 8 and at 6 as well as upsetting the balance. Not. A. Fan.
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England's to lose.
England by 7-11.
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Rugby 'rotten from the core' - retiring ex-Ireland lock signs off with a bang
Former Ireland lock Dan Touhy has said that rugby is “starting to look like it’s rotten from the core”, after announcing his retirement today.
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@Machpants said in NH International Rugby:
Mmmmm Bono's special sauce
Whatever was in there it didn't help them play Rugby better. Ireland getting humped. England 17 Ireland 0.
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@Higgins said in NH International Rugby:
Could be Italy's first points in yonks if they spilt the points for a "no result" match
Yep the last game they didn't lose was against the All Blacks, so this is a big chance for Italy to back that up with another excellent cancellation performance. Cancellation draws against two teams that have been ranked No 1 in the last 6 months or so is nothing to sneeze at. I think with more and more games cancelled due to the associated problems of climate change and the break down of society, Italy could really put itself at the forfront of this growing method of not losing rugby games.
They certainly showed the Scots how to do it in the RWC. Scotlands possible cancellation performance was amazingly more pathetic as their actual game performance against Japan.
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