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    England EPS 2016/17 season.

    Times reporting that Hughes will be the beneficiary of the Hask Toe injury. This is the Olivia Newton-John selection process: EJ wants to sustain the physicality of the Haskell/Robshaw axis of evil, and Hughes is the shirt-filler. I would not be at all surprised to see a classic 7 (Underhill...
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    England EPS 2016/17 season.

    At the risk of banging on - and subject to the trenchant views of the "he's too mercenary" posse - I really feel a physical back row of Hughes - Billy - Underhill looks interesting.. I appreciate that Hughes gets criticised for work-rate compared to Haskell, but Haskell got criticised for...
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    England EPS 2016/17 season.

    Quick question - if Jones has seen Haskell as a physical "6 1/2", and setting aside some distaste for mercenary values, why would Nathan Hughes not be a likely replacement in the EPS? Covers 8 if Billy goes off knackered, brings huge weight and physicality (and some speed) - good hands and a...
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