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<blockquote data-quote="Not Eddie Jones" data-source="post: 983791" data-attributes="member: 81025"><p>It's funny, the BBC comments board is going nuts about how England have lost one of their greatest ever players to Wales, and Wales Online now have the predicted article up about how upset the English are that Wales have got one over on them by selecting such a brilliant, brilliant player, yet not one Englishman on this board seems that bothered about it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p><p></p><p>Honestly, for me he's always been a good club player, but far from outstanding. Nothing about him screams 'international'. Eddie's always said he wants players to have a 'point of difference', and Tompkins just hasn't. I imagine he'll be an average international at best, and that's not what this England team is gunning for these days. Under Lancaster, yes, but under Eddie, we just expect more.</p><p></p><p>Still, I seem to remember a lot of crowing a while back about Wales getting one over on the All-Blacks by selecting Hadleigh Parkes... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Not Eddie Jones, post: 983791, member: 81025"] It's funny, the BBC comments board is going nuts about how England have lost one of their greatest ever players to Wales, and Wales Online now have the predicted article up about how upset the English are that Wales have got one over on them by selecting such a brilliant, brilliant player, yet not one Englishman on this board seems that bothered about it. :cool: Honestly, for me he's always been a good club player, but far from outstanding. Nothing about him screams 'international'. Eddie's always said he wants players to have a 'point of difference', and Tompkins just hasn't. I imagine he'll be an average international at best, and that's not what this England team is gunning for these days. Under Lancaster, yes, but under Eddie, we just expect more. Still, I seem to remember a lot of crowing a while back about Wales getting one over on the All-Blacks by selecting Hadleigh Parkes... :D [/QUOTE]
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