mikeyp102 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 How did Launchbury not get in? Shocked at that. I'm no fan of Gatland, hope he makes the curry decisions in the big games and doesn't show bias to the Welsh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Moriarty is baffling as is the inclusion of Lawes. Launchbury missing out is a joke. Overall not a bad squad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 As a Wasps fan, I too am mystified by the exclusion of Launchpad. The guy is a baby faced beast and one of the most consistent players in the NH. He did make the England squad for the Argie tour, but in another just as mysterious move, there was no place for the Premiership's top try scorer, Christian Wade. How the hell he didn't make it I'll never know, I really hope EJ comes out and says why. A lot is made of his supposed defensive frailties but apart from his height issue under the high ball, he can tackle like a good un. He's a lethal finisher and creates tries out of nothing (witness his efforts against Leinster and Northampton recently), surely that has to be worth something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 (edited) I think that Launchbury's exclusion was quite possibly political. By which I mean second rows from other nations were included to up their quota of players. He was the unfortunate fall guy out of England's quartet of deserving tourists. Henderson and Jones are quality players, though. Edited April 20, 2017 by JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 I've won some VIP tickets to Wigan Warriors v Salford on Friday, but I have no interest in Rugby at all (I only entered the competition on twitter because it looked like no one had entered/ retweeted it, so I thought 'why not!?') Anyone here have any idea how much these would go for? Or know anyone who would be interested in going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Congratulations to Ireland on the Grand Slam. Best team in the tournament by a mile so well deserved. England have been dreadful, though. They're now a side as bad as the team that got shunted out of the last World Cup in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 17, 2018 Moderator Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 hour ago, snowychap said: Congratulations to Ireland on the Grand Slam. Best team in the tournament by a mile so well deserved. England have been dreadful, though. They're now a side as bad as the team that got shunted out of the last World Cup in my view. I disagree, they are worse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 1 minute ago, bickster said: I disagree, they are worse Possibly. Apparently Jones has come out and said that there are some players that have played their last game for England. So, sod all to do with his coaching then? I wonder whether he still thinks Ireland are 'scummy'? Silly arse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 17, 2018 Moderator Share Posted March 17, 2018 Typical France François Trinh-Duc should have been Man of the Match 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Hey......Eddie Jones.....hope you're feeling really "scummy" right now ! Erin go bragh !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Very poor from England today. Miss Billy so much from that side. The back 3 could be explosive, but we have no game plan to set them free. Need an attack coach in to support Jones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 What's happened to England? Why are we suddenly poor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Xela said: What's happened to England? Why are we suddenly poor? A combination of important injuries, ageing players and dare I say it, a little arrogance in the camp. bizarrely it’s probably for the best we’ve screwed up this 6 Nations - a few players will finally be put to seed and the new breed know they’ve got a great opportunity ahead of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 (edited) Fair play, Ireland - what a fecking outstanding team. Not always the prettiest to watch but so well organised. They’d seriously challenge the ABs at the moment. Streets ahead of every other side in the 6N and a well-deserved Grand Slam. England are staggeringly poor. It’s been coming for ages. They haven’t looked convincing since the Scotland game last year. I don’t know if the players are over-trained, knackered from the Lions or what but they look lethargic, physically weak and brainless. They play with absolutely no nous whatsoever and there appears to be no attacking plan other than try to bosh it up the middle, which won’t work without Billy and an effective backrow to compete at the breakdown. They always seem to take the ball from a standing start rather than running onto it at pace. Eddie’s taken us backwards and some of the stuff he’s been coming out with in the press suggest that things will only get worse. I was at the Wales game and watching the second half in the Millennium Stadium was painful! Elliot Daly is pretty much the only positive. A class above and one of the best players in the world IMO. I’m probably going to sound like a massive word removed here and I’d like to preface it by saying that I don’t think it’s had any bearing on results or is in any way to blame for England losing but England are having a really rough time with the officials. It’s usually swings and roundabouts but the way things have been I’m finding it very hard to believe that there isn’t some sort of sub-conscious (or perhaps conscious in some cases...) bias from some referees against England. Many times we bring it on ourselves and there are undoubtedly differences in how the Premiership is officiated that are costing us but we’ve been on the wrong side of too many 50/50 calls. Ireland would’ve found a way to beat us regardless but that ref yesterday really did his best to stop us being at all competitive, following on from the shocker he had as touch judge in the France game. Nige only reffed one team in the Scotland game. I HATE moaning about refs but occasionally a conversation needs to be had. Even my Welsh mates have been saying that there’s something not right! Edited March 18, 2018 by JB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 The U20 semi finals are entertaining. Expected so much more from NZ but their defence has been very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Massive result for the Irish there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted December 12, 2018 Moderator Share Posted December 12, 2018 Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the new President of the RFL - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 3 hours ago, NurembergVillan said: Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the new President of the RFL - makes sense now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyC_UTV Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Well 6 nations have kicked off this evening, after a bad first half for Wales they are making a game if it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 What were the French doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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