England 2022/23

[Scotty]

I wonder how much Bothwick has been in contact with EJ about players and get some insight.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Double Curry looking like the Kamikaze twins of old atm


Anyone know the state of J.Willis injury? Had a scroll through Toulouse's team sheets and he's not played since pulling out of the Sale game

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Telegraph saying Tom Willis in line to be called up,
Happy with that, if true

 

[Phil Wilson]

Telegraph saying Tom Willis in line to be called up,
Happy with that, if true

Bit of a random one, but one of the better left field call ups of recent years

 

[Phil Wilson]

Tightheads are surely Sinckler, Cole and Heyes? I know Sinckler hasn’t been in sparkling form, but he’s still a good deal better than Hill or Williams.

I assume it'll be Sinks and Cole, but Heyes does worry me slightly, as a Leicester fan I do rate Heyes, but I worry about his game at the top level

 

[Geordie]

Im curious to see how big Trev went on the fitness test day get together.

 

[BPM]

I quite like ‘big Trev’, but I’m not sure whether he’s a loosehead or tighthead and I imagine covering both is probably hampering him rather than helping him in the selection mix.

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

I quite like ‘big Trev’, but I’m not sure whether he’s a loosehead or tighthead and I imagine covering both is probably hampering him rather than helping him in the selection mix.

I’d say that these days he’s very much a tighthead who is capable of covering loosehead to a very high standard. 23 of his 28 starts in the last two seasons have all been at tighthead.

He’d have been a pretty invaluable asset in a RWC squad in past years when teams could only select squads of 31, and generally only took 5 props. In a way he’ll probably be a bit of a victim of the new 33-man squad now that teams will almost certainly take 3 specialist looseheads and 3 specialist tightheads.

 

[Geordie]

I quite like ‘big Trev’, but I’m not sure whether he’s a loosehead or tighthead and I imagine covering both is probably hampering him rather than helping him in the selection mix.

Hes pretty much only a tight head now BPM. Only really covers LH when required.

 

[Geordie]

I like the idea of Tom Willis being called up. A good alround 8...hard carrier, mobile, good work rate etc.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

I wonder how much Bothwick has been in contact with EJ about players and get some insight.

Mentor or not, talking to Jones would be about the worst thing he could do. He’s a very different character who needs to make up his own mind on his terms.

This isn’t an orderly transition. Borthwick is having to pick up a mess.

 

[Which Tyler]

Mentor or not, talking to Jones would be about the worst thing he could do. He’s a very different character who needs to make up his own mind on his terms.

This isn’t an orderly transition. Borthwick is having to pick up a mess.

Disagree.
Eddie had a plan, and it would be good if Borthwick knew what that was; and can then chose how much to adapt, how much to keep, and how much to throw in the bin.

Of course, he should also be able to get that from the senior players; but no harm in asking Jones himself as well.

 

[Reiser99]

I wonder how much Bothwick has been in contact with EJ about players and get some insight.

From what I read of a BBC article I think they had a very brief chat along the lines of good luck. Having said that Jones is back in the UK this month.

 

[Phil Wilson]

Hes pretty much only a tight head now BPM. Only really covers LH when required.

Didn't Eddie say he saw Rapava-Ruskin as a potential TH prop

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

Didn't Eddie say he saw Rapava-Ruskin as a potential TH prop

Ignore him

 

[Geordie]

i see it looks like Tom Willis will be coming back to join Saracens. Great move for him.

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

i see it looks like Tom Willis will be coming back to join Saracens. Great move for him.

Would be a very interesting move. I can’t imagine that they’d be looking to hold onto both him and Vunipola, or that Willis would fancy going there to play second fiddle.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

McFarland has the 6 shirt locked down as well,
I would say maybe they're gonna lose Binny post RWC but he signed a contract extension last season (maybe that was just a one year extension though?)

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Is it rumoured that he’s going this season or next? If this season then maybe he’s seen as injury cover for McFarland.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Luke Cowan-Dickie: Exeter & England hooker to miss at least start of Six Nations

Exeter and England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie will miss at least the start of the Six Nations with a "serious" ankle injury.

www.bbc.co.uk