[2020 Six Nations] England vs Ireland (23/02/20)

[Vieux Talonneur]

He must have wanted to kill Moore.

Yeah, they didn’t get on at all. Proper pair of hard nuts, proper rivalry and none of the “it’s all about the group” platitudes that get trotted out today. They were both desperate to be top dog and the other knew it.

Good interview with Dawe: https://www.therugbyjournal.com/rugby-blog/graham-dawe

 

[duncanb]

Yeah, they didn’t get on at all. Proper pair of hard nuts, proper rivalry and none of the “it’s all about the group” platitudes that get trotted out today. They were both desperate to be top dog and the other knew it.

Good interview with Dawe: https://www.therugbyjournal.com/rugby-blog/graham-dawe

Great read that.

 

[Which Tyler]

And yet Moore was always strangely absent when Bath came to play...

 

[RedruthRFC]

Graham Dawe got just 5 caps and was on the bench 34 times without getting on.

It must be a Cornish thing. Penryn's Roger Harris sat on the England bench 20 odd times without ever taking the field, despite the fact that he was acting as cover for the whole front row.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Probably just BS but rumours on twitter that Furbank is an injury doubt so JJ or Slade might start at 15

llloooollll

Marler is the other injury doubt (though expected to be fit)

18mins till team announcement

 

[martinspoonboy1]

Probably just BS but rumours on twitter that Furbank is an injury doubt so JJ or Slade might start at 15

llloooollll


18mins till team announcement

Surely that's BS. Eddie would have Daly at FB with Thorley at wing. Surely! Surely??

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Ewels at FB, Lawes at 6 that’s why they are travelling with the squad.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

England starting XV
15 Elliot Daly (Saracens, 41 caps)
14 Jonny May (Leicester Tigers, 54 caps)
13 Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers, 41 caps)
12 Owen Farrell (Saracens, 81 caps) C
11 Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 49 caps)
10 George Ford (Leicester Tigers, 67 caps)
9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 97 caps)
1 Joe Marler (Harlequins, 69 caps)
2 Jamie George (Saracens, 47 caps)
3 Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins, 33 caps)
4 Maro Itoje (Saracens, 36 caps)
5 George Kruis (Saracens, 43 caps)
6 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 83 caps)
7 Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 17 caps)
8 Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 21 caps)

Finishers
16 Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, 22 caps)
17 Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 16 caps)
18 Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 1 cap)
19 Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 63 caps)
20 Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 13 caps)
21 Ben Earl (Saracens, 1 cap)
22 Willi Heinz (Gloucester Rugby, 11 caps)
23 Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 27 caps)

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Five locks, three opensides.

JJ on the wing and Lawes at 6 ffs

FFS

FFS

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Peak Eddie

 

[LIONSxv]

Terribly unbalanced team

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

**** it **** it **** it **** it

What the ****?

Why the ****?

Who the ****?

When the ****?

Where the ****?


Just ****

 

[big ginger 8]

It's raining Garryowen's Hallelujah!

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Anyone reckon Eddie might be trying to get fired on purpose so he gets a tasty payout?

 

[NickBD]

Didn’t think he could top the team that started against the French but damn he’d actually achieved it. I was defending EJ in build up to this 6N all the way through but that starting 15 is not great, that’s being kind.

 

[Groundhog]

England bad, England blow,
England pick 5 second row.
Eddie Jones say something mean,
then he pick unbalanced team.

Behold! The soothsayer.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Anyone reckon Eddie might be trying to get fired on purpose so he gets a tasty payout?

Maybe he's just lost interest and wants to go back to Japan fulltime?
He's still a consultant for one of their Top League teams - maybe he wants to be involved in the new domestic comp that launches next year

 

[Leinster Fan]

A 6-2 split with Manu Tuilagi all people returning from injury is just asking for trouble.

JJ on the wing is just weird.

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Has JJ ever played on the wing? I know manu has 1 time against nz

 

[Oliver Madden]

what an appalling side England have picked. Ireland are going to totally hammer us. hopefully if we lose EJ gets sacked. absolutely sick of him playing players out of position. absolutely hate the selection. he's stubborn and hasn't learned from the France debacle. get rid of him.