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<blockquote data-quote="BPM" data-source="post: 852367" data-attributes="member: 59968"><p>Yes and no.</p><p></p><p>My thoughts are that a player needs to be seeing first-team rugby in order to be in consideration.</p><p></p><p>7 and 9 are areas where we are relatively weak and need more options hence the call-ups for the Currys, Underhill and Maunder. All of those are regularly featuring in the league for their clubs, as is Cokanasiga (albeit in the Championship for now).</p><p></p><p>Arguably the Currys are there on merit. Players like Wilson, Wray and Armand would probably feel as though they should be there instead, but at least Ben and Tom have been putting in eye-catching performances for Sale.</p><p></p><p>Isiekwe and Earle have mainly featured (sparingly) in the LV Cup, which makes them the outliers for me.</p><p></p><p>I'm not wholly against them going, but as I said in my previous post, I don't fully understand why were not balancing developing these youngsters at the same time as keeping the experienced back up options involved.</p><p></p><p>We've definitely got a LOT better and bringing through talent from the age grades, but I don't really get doing it so early? I'm a strong believer in players earning their caps and I don't feel as though a handful of minutes in the LV Cup warrants selection however high a players potential might be considered to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BPM, post: 852367, member: 59968"] Yes and no. My thoughts are that a player needs to be seeing first-team rugby in order to be in consideration. 7 and 9 are areas where we are relatively weak and need more options hence the call-ups for the Currys, Underhill and Maunder. All of those are regularly featuring in the league for their clubs, as is Cokanasiga (albeit in the Championship for now). Arguably the Currys are there on merit. Players like Wilson, Wray and Armand would probably feel as though they should be there instead, but at least Ben and Tom have been putting in eye-catching performances for Sale. Isiekwe and Earle have mainly featured (sparingly) in the LV Cup, which makes them the outliers for me. I'm not wholly against them going, but as I said in my previous post, I don't fully understand why were not balancing developing these youngsters at the same time as keeping the experienced back up options involved. We've definitely got a LOT better and bringing through talent from the age grades, but I don't really get doing it so early? I'm a strong believer in players earning their caps and I don't feel as though a handful of minutes in the LV Cup warrants selection however high a players potential might be considered to be. [/QUOTE]
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