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<blockquote data-quote="Vieux Talonneur" data-source="post: 977391" data-attributes="member: 73144"><p>You can't blame Jones for sticking with the players who were so good in the semi, except this was going to be a very different type of challenge. He said pre tournament that there was no first XV and that he'd be going horses for courses, but he didn't. Of the players out there 20:20 hindsight could have selected.....</p><p></p><p>Marler to start, unquestionably the better scrummager. You could also have started Cole to try to draw some sting as the better scrummager.</p><p></p><p>For a slugfest as this was likely to be you could also have made a case that Launch and Kruis were actually both better equipped than our starting pair. </p><p></p><p>You could have broken up Curryhill and put the bigger Wilson in without losing much. I think he's really underrated.</p><p></p><p>Of players not out there.....</p><p></p><p>Williams is a big unit at TH. Might have helped.</p><p></p><p>As you said on another thread Binny has been shown up as one dimensional. I think Jones totally missed a trick by dumping Morgan who's a better all round player in my book.</p><p></p><p>But would it have made a difference? Probably not, but we do need to start involving Isiekwe and Uni Rig asap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vieux Talonneur, post: 977391, member: 73144"] You can’t blame Jones for sticking with the players who were so good in the semi, except this was going to be a very different type of challenge. He said pre tournament that there was no first XV and that he’d be going horses for courses, but he didn’t. Of the players out there 20:20 hindsight could have selected..... Marler to start, unquestionably the better scrummager. You could also have started Cole to try to draw some sting as the better scrummager. For a slugfest as this was likely to be you could also have made a case that Launch and Kruis were actually both better equipped than our starting pair. You could have broken up Curryhill and put the bigger Wilson in without losing much. I think he’s really underrated. Of players not out there..... Williams is a big unit at TH. Might have helped. As you said on another thread Binny has been shown up as one dimensional. I think Jones totally missed a trick by dumping Morgan who’s a better all round player in my book. But would it have made a difference? Probably not, but we do need to start involving Isiekwe and Uni Rig asap. [/QUOTE]
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