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<blockquote data-quote="Bill" data-source="post: 933870" data-attributes="member: 79436"><p>I think it's easy to put too much emphasis on the numbers on the shirts on the players' backs. The important thing is to pick a backrow whose combined skillsets are complimentary of one another and which provide for an effective backrow unit.</p><p></p><p>From what I've seen, some have proved themselves as being capable of a) putting in outstanding performances in an England shirt and b) consistently performing to a high standard in an England shirt. These are Wilson, Underhill, Curry and Vunipola.</p><p></p><p>These 4 are therefore our first choice selections.</p><p></p><p>We have had highly effective back row performances from combinations which include and exclude vunipola, so I don't see it as an issue which of the 4 misses out, and don't see any need to change the starting personnel if any one of the 4 is unavailable.</p><p></p><p>We have other players who have demonstrated that they are capable of performing well fairly consistently in an England shirt. These include Robshaw, Simmonds and Shields. These are therefore the current back-up players.</p><p></p><p>We have other emerging players such as Dombrandt, Willis, Willis, B Curry, Mercer. At some stage these need to be given an opportunity in order to find out whether they are better options currently as back ups than the back up players that have already been identified. If they prove to be then at some stage they might even push the 4 first choice selections.</p><p></p><p>The question is whether they should be given an opportunity before or after the world cup, or whether we play out the rest of the year with robshaw, Simmonds and shields as the (perfectly competent) back up players.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill, post: 933870, member: 79436"] I think it's easy to put too much emphasis on the numbers on the shirts on the players' backs. The important thing is to pick a backrow whose combined skillsets are complimentary of one another and which provide for an effective backrow unit. From what I've seen, some have proved themselves as being capable of a) putting in outstanding performances in an England shirt and b) consistently performing to a high standard in an England shirt. These are Wilson, Underhill, Curry and Vunipola. These 4 are therefore our first choice selections. We have had highly effective back row performances from combinations which include and exclude vunipola, so I don't see it as an issue which of the 4 misses out, and don't see any need to change the starting personnel if any one of the 4 is unavailable. We have other players who have demonstrated that they are capable of performing well fairly consistently in an England shirt. These include Robshaw, Simmonds and Shields. These are therefore the current back-up players. We have other emerging players such as Dombrandt, Willis, Willis, B Curry, Mercer. At some stage these need to be given an opportunity in order to find out whether they are better options currently as back ups than the back up players that have already been identified. If they prove to be then at some stage they might even push the 4 first choice selections. The question is whether they should be given an opportunity before or after the world cup, or whether we play out the rest of the year with robshaw, Simmonds and shields as the (perfectly competent) back up players. [/QUOTE]
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