Australia v England - 2nd Test
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Bit of a backline shake up for England with a couple of 21 year olds coming into the 15 (JvP and Freeman). Porter also gets a first cap at 13. Underhill in for Curry who's on a flight home. 6:2 bench
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Nowell? Really?
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@Margin_Walker is JvP the guy who came on last week? Big unit for a 9.
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@ACT-Crusader said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
@KiwiMurph Kellaway is a gun player. Just does the right thing more often than not.
Jordie at fullback, that’s unexpected!
He's the Aussie Ben Smith.
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@MiketheSnow said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
Nowell? Really?
I actually thought he did okay last week, despite having reservations about him originally (well the 2022 version anyway).
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@Margin_Walker said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
@MiketheSnow said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
Nowell? Really?
I actually thought he did okay last week, despite having reservations about him originally (well the 2022 version anyway).
Arundell did more in 2 mins
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Yeah, he's an interesting one. I really like him. Looked great in age grade rugby and has slotted in well in a good Leicester team when he's played. I think he's better than Randall anyway.
Amusingly though he failed to make the 23 for Leicester in the Premiership final the other week with Youngs and Wigglesworth (who's about 47 now) preferred.
Think he'll go well all the same.
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Ha. I'm a LI fan, so would prefer to roll the dice and play Arundell as well. Love watching the kid play. I just don't hate Nowell being in there. May have changed my stance on that by Saturday afternoon though.
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@Margin_Walker he looked pretty good when he came on plus he was on debut. There are several reasons for it, but the English play did speed up when he was on, which was a good thing.
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I'm neither too disappointed nor too shocked by that selection, though I feel Eddie has missed a trick or two. A bit more speed in the back row would help to nullify Aussie's go forward momentum and I feel that he's dropped the wrong wing and I'm saying that as an Exeter boy. I like Nowell and think he is a good international wing, but is a little shy of match fitness IMO. Plus Cockanisiga offers a different option to anything else we have. He's a true power runner and offers the midfield a good bail out option coming in off his wing - just use him in the right way.
Underhill needs to stay fit and Eddie needs to keep him on the pitch.
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Agree on the back row. Eddie's given himself a real issue on that front by having Lawes as captain. Lots of calls for him to play lock, but he just doesn't do that any more, so you're trapped with a Billy V / Lawes combo.
I've got a lot of time for Cokanasiga, but unless he's in proper rampaging form, you do lose a bit when he's involved as he's not got the most rounded game. Freeman's a big guy although probably not someone you'd be bringing into midfield too much on the crash ball. Interested to see what Porter offers on this stage, as I've not seen a whole lot of him. Probably picked as a more direct option than Marchant.
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@Machpants said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
@Catogrande said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
Exeter boy.
Oi, he's Cornish! Bloody Devonian
He’s certainly Cornish when he’s injured!
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@ARHS said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
@Duluth pleased to see Frost get a chance at last.
He’s still very young so his time was eventually going to come. A genuine 6’9” unit that has good athleticism and played well this season. Oz should be using him on opposition throws.
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Taniela Tupou lights fuse on 2nd Test with remarks about Ellis Genge
Taniela Tupou has lit the fuse for a thunderous collision with Ellis Genge when Australia face England in Saturday’s second Test...
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Rugby Pass is up there (down there) with The Ruck and Rugby Dump for click bait non stories. Prop one says good things about prop two and says he will compete hard.
These shithouse sites that get bloody everywhere are seriously giving me the threepenny bits.
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Rugbypass do at least have some original content and break some stories here and there. Albeit that's a very click baity piece.
The other two mentioned are total junk though. No redeeming qualities at all.
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@Margin_Walker it is a rarity from what I have seen.
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@Catogrande how about that lit fuse though!
