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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2017 RBS Six Nations] Round 3: England vs Italy (26/02/2017)
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<blockquote data-quote="spartan32" data-source="post: 838445" data-attributes="member: 72322"><p>I understand those that say that making wholesale changes and still winning against such a poor team proves nothing. However this is a chance to try some other combinations and see how well they flow. Brown is on the way out and we need to see who his successor could be. Personally I would like to see Daly given a run out at Fullback. He is very Hoggesk, and arguably better then Hogg at many facets of his game. The question is whether he can position himself correctly or ends up all over the place. It would also be a chance to run out Watson, who is a quality winger and could do with game time. Can Faz run a game from the outset as well as Ford? You would expect a world class 10 to be picking holes in an Italian defence for fun, but if he struggles that would tell you something. I would also like to see Teo have a proper run out. He's a good straight runner, but how are his hands, or his offloading game? </p><p></p><p>To me it would be a shame not to try a few small changes. It would also provide some extra rest for the A team, which is no doubt needed. </p><p></p><p>Whatever happens we need to thump them hard to make sure we get the bonus point and a serious points difference, just in case they are needed by the end. I would also hope for a very solid defensive display. Surely we should be aiming to prevent Italy from crossing the whitewash at all? Either way should be a good run out for the lads. I just hope its nice a dry so we can see the ball being thrown about good and proper.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spartan32, post: 838445, member: 72322"] I understand those that say that making wholesale changes and still winning against such a poor team proves nothing. However this is a chance to try some other combinations and see how well they flow. Brown is on the way out and we need to see who his successor could be. Personally I would like to see Daly given a run out at Fullback. He is very Hoggesk, and arguably better then Hogg at many facets of his game. The question is whether he can position himself correctly or ends up all over the place. It would also be a chance to run out Watson, who is a quality winger and could do with game time. Can Faz run a game from the outset as well as Ford? You would expect a world class 10 to be picking holes in an Italian defence for fun, but if he struggles that would tell you something. I would also like to see Teo have a proper run out. He's a good straight runner, but how are his hands, or his offloading game? To me it would be a shame not to try a few small changes. It would also provide some extra rest for the A team, which is no doubt needed. Whatever happens we need to thump them hard to make sure we get the bonus point and a serious points difference, just in case they are needed by the end. I would also hope for a very solid defensive display. Surely we should be aiming to prevent Italy from crossing the whitewash at all? Either way should be a good run out for the lads. I just hope its nice a dry so we can see the ball being thrown about good and proper. [/QUOTE]
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