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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2023 Six Nations] England vs Italy - 12 February 2023
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<blockquote data-quote="Crash Hamster" data-source="post: 1118480" data-attributes="member: 84693"><p>And it's not like Arundell is hugely more experienced at international level...</p><p></p><p>Steward has pretty much stopped sides raining bombs on an England 15, because he deals with them extremely well. Replace him, even if it's with someone whose defensive positioning against a running threat is better and you can expect bombs raining down again.</p><p></p><p>So if we had someone whose high-ball acumen was as high as Steward but whose defensive positoning and tackling ability was better, we'd've been playing them already, no?</p><p></p><p>I'm with you, Steward must play at 15.</p><p>(By the same token, if OHC, Ludlam, Chessum and Curry were considered good enough to start against Scotland, it's harsh to see them getting the boot against Italy. We really should be giving combinations time to bed in now*; 4 games plus warm-ups until the World Cup...)</p><p></p><p>* Not you, Smith-Farrell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crash Hamster, post: 1118480, member: 84693"] And it's not like Arundell is hugely more experienced at international level... Steward has pretty much stopped sides raining bombs on an England 15, because he deals with them extremely well. Replace him, even if it's with someone whose defensive positioning against a running threat is better and you can expect bombs raining down again. So if we had someone whose high-ball acumen was as high as Steward but whose defensive positoning and tackling ability was better, we'd've been playing them already, no? I'm with you, Steward must play at 15. (By the same token, if OHC, Ludlam, Chessum and Curry were considered good enough to start against Scotland, it's harsh to see them getting the boot against Italy. We really should be giving combinations time to bed in now*; 4 games plus warm-ups until the World Cup...) * Not you, Smith-Farrell. [/QUOTE]
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