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[2020 Six Nations] England Squad
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<blockquote data-quote="BPM" data-source="post: 985132" data-attributes="member: 59968"><p>I'm not sure how you can be so certain on who Eddie 'doesn't really fancy'?</p><p></p><p>You're probably right on Simmonds, who deserves a call-up IMO, but as I've definitely posted before, the issue is that Exeter are set-up to play to his strengths. He's good but he's not so good that England would change the rest of their back row to accommodate him. It's unfair, but not totally irrational.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if you can be so equivocal about Mercer. He is not as lightweight as you're suggesting and has been in a good chunk of Eddie's squads when fit. He was definitely one of the players Eddie wasn't happy with after the Japan game, but I think that was potentially a case of making a tough decision on who was going to be in the mix for the RWC or not rather than from a long-term POV. He's too good to ignore and offers different qualities to our other 8s - particularly as a lineout operator.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BPM, post: 985132, member: 59968"] I’m not sure how you can be so certain on who Eddie ‘doesn’t really fancy’? You’re probably right on Simmonds, who deserves a call-up IMO, but as I’ve definitely posted before, the issue is that Exeter are set-up to play to his strengths. He’s good but he’s not so good that England would change the rest of their back row to accommodate him. It’s unfair, but not totally irrational. I don’t know if you can be so equivocal about Mercer. He is not as lightweight as you’re suggesting and has been in a good chunk of Eddie’s squads when fit. He was definitely one of the players Eddie wasn’t happy with after the Japan game, but I think that was potentially a case of making a tough decision on who was going to be in the mix for the RWC or not rather than from a long-term POV. He’s too good to ignore and offers different qualities to our other 8s - particularly as a lineout operator. [/QUOTE]
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