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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 913395" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>The difference is the ABs identify talent early and throw them in as soon as they can. If the incumbent isn't good enough to keep them out, tough. Those players then get many caps because others can't displace them. With England we have players with plenty of caps but it's arguable as to whether they are actually better than the alternatives. Also the way we hammer players means it becomes a rarity for a player to get a prolonged period of international caps due to injuries. The back row in particular, there is little case that can be made for giving the likes of Robshaw and Haskell caps beyond the fact they already have them. Based on the SA games, I'd say Robshaw is a fantastic player in the wet when the game is slow but any fast game and he is quickly shown to be a liability. In all the Lancaster years and a large chunk of the Jones years we didn't even look at an alternative, it was Robshaw every time. Now thanks to injury, we have been able to see the likes of Curry and Underhill, who I think would be our best balance 6-7 pairing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 913395, member: 56232"] The difference is the ABs identify talent early and throw them in as soon as they can. If the incumbent isn't good enough to keep them out, tough. Those players then get many caps because others can't displace them. With England we have players with plenty of caps but it's arguable as to whether they are actually better than the alternatives. Also the way we hammer players means it becomes a rarity for a player to get a prolonged period of international caps due to injuries. The back row in particular, there is little case that can be made for giving the likes of Robshaw and Haskell caps beyond the fact they already have them. Based on the SA games, I'd say Robshaw is a fantastic player in the wet when the game is slow but any fast game and he is quickly shown to be a liability. In all the Lancaster years and a large chunk of the Jones years we didn't even look at an alternative, it was Robshaw every time. Now thanks to injury, we have been able to see the likes of Curry and Underhill, who I think would be our best balance 6-7 pairing. [/QUOTE]
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