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Chessum is great in the line out Not sure what else he would have over a proper back rower. Take CCS he carries far better, tackles harder and is much more dynamic around the park

Looking at SB and quite few posters on here they prefer a lock type at 6 to support the line out I personally think a 6 should be more dynamic with a focus on rucks, tacking and carrying. A modern six should not been in the team for the sake of 2-3 line outs per game.

Could Mercer play as six? He would definitely need to hit more rucks, but has the height/athletic abilities to be a genuine line out option. His carrying, offloading goes without question

Nicola Mas was probably a bit smaller ? Although he was exceptional I quite the idea of a fast twitch smaller prop vs a 6 foot 5 25 stone bloke. As we saw at the weekend with Antonio, couldn't set his feet right all game and then couldn't hold his weight as he had to go long with his feet and bind

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Some thoughts on the squad Front row did well overall given lack of perceived depth. TH is a big concern as Will Stuart has invariably looked poor every game he has played in Locks are progressing nicely, Itoje has been a solid 7 or 8 every game. Martin is a class act. Chessum is not a bad...

He is the opposite of RobShaw imo Robshaw was a ruck and tackle monster. Pollock likes space with ball in hand and a poach here and there. Similar hair when Chris went peroxide a few years back 🤪

Times have changed dramatically since 03. The shelf life of players in certain positions has definitely decreased given the required fitness levels and amount of games. Back in 03 England were significantly ahead of most teams in terms of fitness and sports science, due to a quicker uptake of...

Freeman looks a bit wasted on the wing for me. If the plan is for the full back to run the ball back and see space. I would argue that Freeman has a better running game than Furbank. I've been a massive fan of Danny Care, he has been seriously underrated by a raft of coaches. However after...

Le Garrec was very impressive should of started every game. Much more Dupontesque than Luci. France's fitness appears to have seriously diminished post WC some of the forwards were gasping after half a dozen phases Wales need power all of the park, some nice, neat and tidy players. However you...

The last sentence is why people are broadly unhappy. I can't see any facet of our game that has improved under SB. SB said himself that under EJ we weren't particularly good at anything. The same can be said now Nobody is seeing any incremental improvements. Very good players continue to play at...

You missed the kicking ability of Dan Carter 😂

If we look at the decade , England's injury record for the six nations is appalling. You can't predict from one game to the next who is going to be fit Compare that to Ireland , who have much smaller base. It's a preparation/training/workload issue for me

If that the case that would be the competitive end for smaller T1 nations such as Scotland , Italy and Wales. Even NZ would be greatly adversely affected South Africa would dominate WR for the foreseeable future

His opinion should definitely be valued. However wouldn't this type of scouting and recommendations be better suited at A or U20 level ? Players been picked for the national side should be the best the league has to offer or with an incredibly high ceiling.

Yes I thought SB justification for bringing in him based on RH was on odd one. This is the pinnacle of our sport, it all seems very amateurish doesn't it. Even if RH was a great 6 himself

Can anyone tell me what Ethan Rootes brings to the side? I'm really struggling here, he doesn't seem to have any USP as a player at all His selection is strange given the depth we have in that position

https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/m6n/stats/2024 Player stats are telling No English player is top 10 for running meters, offloads or clean out work Ben Earl and Maro do well in carrying and ruck work. Team stats are even more daming. Scrum, Offloads, Tackles missed, Passes, Ruck speed all...

White and Russel have not played any club rugby together. If the problem and solution is club half backs playing for the same club,we should be good to go when M Smith is fit ?

France seem to do okay with even more teams