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Quirke has searing speed as a point of difference. He’s not as good a scrum half as Mitchell but you can’t coach his silly speed which he has in spades.

He's searching for combinations. Tbh I think eddie was doing the same. If we could just fix the backs and how they join with the forwards, that would reveal who is and who isn't up for it. Pleased Waboso gets a start, we're desperate for speed and real threat outwide and he provides that. We...

He's one of the best players we have ever had at under age, but the hype is silly. He was on the front page of the BBC this morning and it needs to stop.

For 16 years I've watched our forwards do 1 out running into contact, to no effect. Maybe longer. Our structures in attack to reset, things in place to reset play but keep the ball in hand and secure are not there. Why did we stop having forwards running onto the ball at pace to punch a hole...

Right. I'll actually answer the offloads bit. It's right now, a nice to have, but I don't think Borthwick, Wiggles and co care about it. I don't think the players or the fans should either. We're focusing on getting coherent, consistent systems, with short sharp instructions across the field...

We're being insanely nice I feel in here. We're staring down the barrel of a 4th in 5 years 2/5 6 nations result. We could be on the end of an absolute hiding with 2 40pt losses, and we aren't showing any progress at all. We look poorly coached, and a lot, a lot of players being picked on...

Post match review: 1. Genge - 4/10 - Did he do anything good? 2. George - 4.5 - Meh 3. Cole - 6.5/10 - Good in the scrum and was properly putting himself about in the loose. 4. Itoje - 5/10 - He was ok I guess? 5. Chessum - 3/10 - Powderpuff 6. Roots - 4.5 - Did he do anything? 7. Underhill -...

We’ve won 8 of our last 9 games….

Happy with it. That defence needs time and work. It's intense though.

Daly was shocking. I really hope we have the chance to move on from him, at least the one that’s playing for England. CCS with a nice cameo. Mitchell was good! The drop off when Care came on was huge. Cole and Marler. Thanks but time to move onto new options. Did I mention Care was awful...

We weren’t great today. But Wales will get slapped by an England side trying to play a different style next week. I’d argue England won’t even need to be good looking at this.

The game is about physicality. The best teams win the collisions, SA are the biggest and the strongest. If you forfeit the collision now you lose the match. NZ found out badly last time they played SA what happens if they don’t match the physicality and try to play. It’s a must. Ireland, SA...

To caveat all this… if we beat South Africa the entirity of this post goes out the window.

It’s a shocker. There’s very little you can justify it.

The worry is he continues with the selection and we’re stuck with him for 4 years. Very easy to say he’s just keeping the old guard but if they stay afterwards, it’s a case of I told you so.

They have to sort out the domestic system right now. Lions 2025 is a massacre waiting to happen. Who’s going to buy tickets for that? World Cup 2027 … could be an England 2015 moment. Women’s World Cup 2029… they are being treated like **** atm

Yeah you can almost exactly trace their loss to that lineout. If they take the kick and it’s 10-9, it’s a far different game. So much more cagey… Wales whilst possibly win; it is not this blow out. Game deciding moment right then and there.

Soooo…..

We played some lovely rugby and I hope we persist because we will improve immensely for it. Also - defence is terrific

Telegraph speculating all 3 fly half’s will start. 10, 12 and 15.