NH International Rugby
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@Machpants I'm not sure that being a Gatland pick would be a great commendation this year..
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This Welsh team is rubbish. Their forwards are slow and clumsy, their backs pedestrian and have no organization whatsoever in defence.
After a slow start, the French attack and work at the breakdown were impressive. Big game from Baille, Dupont, N'tamack and Vakatawa. Did you know that the latter was NZ born ? -
@cgrant said in NH International Rugby:
Did you know that the latter was NZ born ?
Even money bet these days.
Just watching the replay of this fixture and economics must be bad in the NH. Wales wearing Liverpool's new shirts.
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England squad for 6 Nations match against Italy, then Autumn Nations Cup against Georgia, Wales and Ireland + Play Off.
Backs
Joe Cokanasiga (Bath), Owen Farrell (Saracens), George Furbank (Northampton), Willi Heinz (Gloucester), Jonathan Joseph (Bath), Ollie Lawrence (Worcester), Max Malins (Bristol), Joe Marchant (Harlequins), Jonny May (Gloucester), Dan Robson (Wasps), Henry Slade (Exeter), Ollie Thorley (Gloucester), Jacob Umaga (Wasps), Anthony Watson (Bath), Ben Youngs (Leicester)Forwards
Tom Curry (Sale), Tom Dunn (Bath), Ben Earl (Bristol), Charlie Ewels (Bath), Ellis Genge (Leicester), Jamie George (Saracens), Jonny Hill (Exeter), Ted Hill (Worcester), Maro Itoje (Saracens), Joe Launchbury (Wasps), Lewis Ludlam (Northampton), Beno Obano (Bath), David Ribbans (Northampton), Jack Singleton (Gloucester), Kyle Sinckler (Bristol), Will Stuart (Bath), Sam Underhill (Bath), Billy Vunipola (Saracens), Mako Vunipola (Saracens), Harry Williams (Exeter), Jack Willis (Wasps)* -
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@Bovidae said in NH International Rugby:
Exeter don't get much representation despite being the best team in England and Europe.
Probably why they do so well, depth is not tested by players leaving for England. So you can do it the Exeter way (really good squad, not too many superstars) or the Saracens way (buy so many players that missing internationals don't hurt). Only one way is legal
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Sean Maitland not selected in Scotland squad after breach of COVID-19 rules with the Barbarians:
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@sparky said in NH International Rugby:
Sean Maitland not selected in Scotland squad after breach of COVID-19 rules with the Barbarians:
Correct decision but based on quaranteening not bollocking
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@cgrant said in NH International Rugby:
Vakatawa. Did you know that the latter was NZ born ?
I recall reading an article about Vakatava being born in NZ but moving back to Fiji as a very young child. In my memory his mother got unsettled after 9/11 - and wanted to move back home.
But that would make him about 9 years old. I thought I read he was a baby when he moved back.
Just done a google search, but found nothing. I wonder if my memory is playing tricks on me.
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@Rapido said in NH International Rugby:
@cgrant said in NH International Rugby:
Vakatawa
I recall reading an article about Vakatava being born in NZ but moving back to Fiji as a very young child. In my memory his mother got unsettled after 9/11 - and wanted to move back home.
But that would make him about 9 years old. I thought I read he was a baby when he moved back.
Just done a google search, but found nothing. I wonder if my memory is playing tricks on me.
Wait. No.
I think that was Uini Atonio.Yes. "We all left for Samoa because of the Y2K at the end of 1999,"
Y2K, not 9/11.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/international/104447119/timaru-born-french-prop-uini-atonio-prepares-for-all-blacks -
Wili Heinz out of the England squad with a leg injury. Northampton's Alex Mitchell (uncapped) replaces him a Halfback options alongside Ben Youngs and Dan Robson
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/54719707
"Heinz joins a growing list of unavailable players, with Exeter hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie, club-mate Jack Nowell, Saracens' Elliot Daly, Leicester fly-half George Ford and Harlequins prop Joe Marler also out of the game in Rome. Northampton lock Courtney Lawes and Sale centre Manu Tuilagi are long-term absentees."
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Scotland v Wales tomorrow at 14.15
Watson v Tipuric will determine the match
Jocks by 7-10
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@MiketheSnow said in NH International Rugby:
Scotland v Wales tomorrow at 14.15
Watson v Tipuric will determine the match
Jocks by 7-10
Your inference being Watson > Tipuric? Good as he is, not sure I buy that one.
