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England vs Canada - 10/07/21
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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_Olyy" data-source="post: 1047312" data-attributes="member: 34990"><p>I've been pretty ambivalent towards Ewels before - never really liked him being in the England squad so much, but he never screwed up when called upon and seemed to be a decent enough shirt filler (i.e. did the bare minimum you'd want)</p><p>Was genuinely dire today though</p><p>Finished the game on 3 carries, 4 penalties according to ESPNs stats - so more penalties than touches of the ball (as mentioned earlier)</p><p></p><p>Ludlow is just average.</p><p>It's not necessarily a slight against the guy - to be average at the top level is still to be a very good player in the grand scheme of things, but he's not international level - and captain? I know he captains Gloucester but he wasn't a captain out on the pitch. You look at any huddle and the voices were Underhill, Genge and Slade. Penalties were a group decision with those guys, Smith and Ludlow. Understandable because they're the most experienced guys out there, but if Genge was VC then why not just make him full captain?</p><p></p><p>As a Sale fan it was very very frustrating seeing Ben get 20(?)mins, play really well in that time (think he got four turnovers, including ones during penalty advantage) and then get chucked aside. Ludlam deserved a shot after a fantastic cameo last week, but Ludlow?</p><p>I wouldn't be surprised if Ben never gets capped again, now. Honestly would prefer to see him discover an Irish or Scottish Granny and go off and play for them than have this happen to him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_Olyy, post: 1047312, member: 34990"] I've been pretty ambivalent towards Ewels before - never really liked him being in the England squad so much, but he never screwed up when called upon and seemed to be a decent enough shirt filler (i.e. did the bare minimum you'd want) Was genuinely dire today though Finished the game on 3 carries, 4 penalties according to ESPNs stats - so more penalties than touches of the ball (as mentioned earlier) Ludlow is just average. It's not necessarily a slight against the guy - to be average at the top level is still to be a very good player in the grand scheme of things, but he's not international level - and captain? I know he captains Gloucester but he wasn't a captain out on the pitch. You look at any huddle and the voices were Underhill, Genge and Slade. Penalties were a group decision with those guys, Smith and Ludlow. Understandable because they're the most experienced guys out there, but if Genge was VC then why not just make him full captain? As a Sale fan it was very very frustrating seeing Ben get 20(?)mins, play really well in that time (think he got four turnovers, including ones during penalty advantage) and then get chucked aside. Ludlam deserved a shot after a fantastic cameo last week, but Ludlow? I wouldn't be surprised if Ben never gets capped again, now. Honestly would prefer to see him discover an Irish or Scottish Granny and go off and play for them than have this happen to him. [/QUOTE]
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