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Post by Boon on Jun 8, 2013 19:30:02 GMT
Ah you have north for the tankness
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Post by stretfordend on Jun 9, 2013 8:44:42 GMT
On current showing what would your line up be against the Aussie's in the 1st test?
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Post by Boon on Jun 9, 2013 9:44:47 GMT
1.Vunipola
2.Youngs /Best (Depending on if he gets the lineouts right in a warmup)
3.A.Jones
4.Gray
5.O'Connell
6.O'Brien
7.Warburton
8.Heaslip(Maybe a bit of Irish/Leinster bias coming in to play however he did play well against western force but its a tough call between him and faletau)
9.Phillips
10.Sexton
11.Cuthbert(Would have been Bowe)
12.Tuilagi
13.O'Driscoll
14.North
15.Halfpenny(k)
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Post by Stew on Jun 9, 2013 17:11:40 GMT
No to Jamie. Not sure about inside centre yet. Hopefully Best nails down hooker.
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Post by Boon on Jun 9, 2013 17:49:40 GMT
Ye BOD and Roberts are a great combo but Tuilagi has linked well in the warm up matches with him also
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Post by Stew on Jun 9, 2013 18:14:18 GMT
Yeah, his hands and off load out of the tackle have impressed me.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2013 18:33:24 GMT
1.Vunipola
2.Best
3.A.Jones
4.Gray
5.O'Connell/ A W Jones
6.Lydiate
7.Tipuric
8.Heaslip/Faletau
9.Phillips
10.Sexton
11.Cuthbert
12.Roberts/Tuilagi
13.O'Driscoll/ Daveeeees (seeing as they can't pronounce Davies correctly)
14.North
15.Halfpenny
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Post by Boon on Jun 10, 2013 21:44:02 GMT
Haha Hogg starting at out half tomorrow
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2013 22:08:43 GMT
I'm all for experimenting to see which is the better squad selection but he's playing a FB at No.10 and a winger at FB. I mean what is the point. It's pretty obvious that Halfpenny will be FB so why not play Maitland on the wing and play Hogg where he should be. While we are at it lets play sexton as prop and Cuthbert at scrum half.
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Post by Stew on Jun 16, 2013 18:08:42 GMT
Still as many questions as answers for me about the test team. Thought we'd have a much clearer picture by now.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2013 10:55:07 GMT
Still as many questions as answers for me about the test team. Thought we'd have a much clearer picture by now. Cant see it being much different to this to be honest. Props, Fly half, Scrum half and Fullback are pretty much certains. 1.Vunipola 2.Best 3.A.Jones 4.A W Jones 5.O'Connell / Parling 6.Lydiate 7.Tipuric 8.Heaslip/Faletau 9.Phillips 10.Sexton 11.North / Zebo 12.O'Driscoll 13.Daveeeees (seeing as they can't pronounce Davies correctly) 14.Cuthbert 15.Halfpenny |
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Post by Bestie on Jun 17, 2013 11:02:36 GMT
Rory Best - Not good enough to be a first choice pick; Good enough to captain the side.
Gatland's a tool.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2013 12:27:19 GMT
Rory Best - Not good enough to be a first choice pick; Good enough to captain the side. Gatland's a tool. well its a toss between him and hibbard for me. Youngs is hopeless, wots the point having a hooker in the squad if he cant throw |
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Post by Stew on Jun 17, 2013 12:37:15 GMT
Thought AWJ and oddly Heaslip (I'm not a fan) really made the test positions theirs on Saturday. Roberts injury saved Gatland a major headache as Davies should have started ahead of him anyway. Lots of talk of Croft coming in at 6. None of the original hookers have really stood out so (slighty biased) Best would start for me. Least likely to fall apart. So right now I'd go with
15. Halfpenny
14. Cuthbert
13. BOD
12. Davies
11. North
10. Sexton
9. Philips
8. Heaslip
7. Warburton
6. Croft
5. AWJ
4. POC
3. Jones
2. Hibbert (should be Best tho)
1. Val (Corbiserio might sneak in for scrummaging)
Worryingly, A NZ is ref for the first test and is known for wanting a quick scrum. We're clearly a lot stronger than the Aussies at that aspect of the game so....
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Post by Bestie on Jun 17, 2013 13:15:54 GMT
Rory Best - Not good enough to be a first choice pick; Good enough to captain the side. Gatland's a tool. well its a toss between him and hibbard for me. Youngs is hopeless, wots the point having a hooker in the squad if he cant throw Youngs is a much better hooker than Hibbard, come off it. So much more to his all round game. |
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