[2018 Six Nations] England Squad

[Scotty]

If we see the back line of
6 robshaw/underhill
7 simmonds
8 mercer


We need to never catch the ball standing still and never go in on his own but always as a pod, i know it sounds lime basics but when ypu lose carriers like billy who can make a metre or 3 from anywhere then the basics matter a whole lot more, keep the tempo high with a more athletic 7/8, running at pace we will get on the front foot getting our backs some quick ball. Cany just do 1 out runners

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

I've already seen my first "Armitage should be in the England squad" of 2018

Yeah, Guy did well coming on against Sarries the other week.

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Yeah, Guy did well coming on against Sarries the other week.

Completely forgot he existed, where's he playing now?

 

[ratsapprentice]

Anyone else find the current front page of ESPN ******* wierd?

Like 10 interviews with Haskell talking about his ban, wtf is this?

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Anyone else find the current front page of ESPN ******* wierd?

Like 10 interviews with Haskell talking about his ban, wtf is this?

I have a conspiracy theory that the tackle was a publicity stunt to sell more books.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Completely forgot he existed, where's he playing now?

Pests

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Pests

Oh my bad, thought we were talking about Steffon. Yeah Armitage was very impressive vs Sarries but he's what, 7th choice centre at Wasps or something mad like that? If he wants to succeed he needs to move elsewhere.

 

[Every Time Ref]

Bloody hell that was Delon?! I wasn't paying a lot of attention, saw a similar-looking guy called Armitage doing OK and vaguely wondered if it was a younger brother before forgetting about it at the final whistle

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Bloody hell that was Delon?! I wasn't paying a lot of attention, saw a similar-looking guy called Armitage doing OK and vaguely wondered if it was a younger brother before forgetting about it at the final whistle

No, this is Guy we're talking about. There's 3 of them. Let's start using first names.

 

[stus768]

Oh my bad, thought we were talking about Steffon. Yeah Armitage was very impressive vs Sarries but he's what, 7th choice centre at Wasps or something mad like that? If he wants to succeed he needs to move elsewhere.

He's been all over the place anyway didn't do much at London Irish so not sure moving will help.

 

[Which Tyler]

I know we're forever told that we're a good decade out of date about the Pro14 teams holding back their star players for the big matches, but...

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

I know we're forever told that we're a good decade out of date about the Pro14 teams holding back their star players for the big matches, but...

How is Dan Cole still breathing?

 

[curtbob7]

Pests

Locusts*. Get it right!

 

[curtbob7]

I know we're forever told that we're a good decade out of date about the Pro14 teams holding back their star players for the big matches, but...

Jesus. Takes the p*ss really

 

[Which Tyler]

How is Dan Cole still breathing?

And we all thought Cole would finally get the odd 20 minutes here and there of not playing once Cockerill... left.
How wrong we were.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Mallinder binned off at half time for an injured Myler

Not exactly an inspiring performance in preparation for the 6N

 

[curtbob7]

Mallinder binned off at half time for an injured Myler

Not exactly an inspiring performance in preparation for the 6N

His tackling an embarrassment to professional rugby!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Think Isiekwe and Earle have gone well though.
Earle looks electric ball in hand - lots of dropped passes though, but it's hard to tell whether it's the quality of the passing (plenty if speculative offloading) or dodgy mitts.

Still seems crazy Isiekwe is a top level 2nd row, he looks so skinny!

 

[ratsapprentice]

Really like Isiekwe. Very placid, but technically excellent. Don't think he looks particularly skinny, certainly doesn't lack physicality anyway.

Big fan of Earle too.

 

[TommiG88]

Really like Isiekwe. Very placid, but technically excellent. Don't think he looks particularly skinny, certainly doesn't lack physicality anyway.

Big fan of Earle too.

Earle has been awesome. Really interesting to see him going to the Quins.