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England XV vs Barbarians (02/06/2019)
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<blockquote data-quote="BPM" data-source="post: 945916" data-attributes="member: 59968"><p>Dombrandt's feel for the game is what excites me more than his carrying. He runs great lines and makes good decisions on when to offload and when not to.</p><p></p><p>To Reiser's point, his reading of the game allows him to pick up loose passes (as he did yesterday for Williams' try) or make interceptions, which he did several times last season (for example he would have scored at Sale had he not wrongly been called back for offside).</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, I think this World Cup is a year too soon. There are questions over his fitness and work rate that he doesn't have time to definitively answer IMO. I've seen a lot of him for Quins and we do set up to let him focus on carrying and do less ruck work which he might not get as much of with England. However, it's worth noting he went the full 80 yesterday and was fairly prominent in defence as well as attack.</p><p></p><p>I'd far sooner take him than Hughes or Shields, but I can't see it happening TBH.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BPM, post: 945916, member: 59968"] Dombrandt’s feel for the game is what excites me more than his carrying. He runs great lines and makes good decisions on when to offload and when not to. To Reiser’s point, his reading of the game allows him to pick up loose passes (as he did yesterday for Williams’ try) or make interceptions, which he did several times last season (for example he would have scored at Sale had he not wrongly been called back for offside). Unfortunately, I think this World Cup is a year too soon. There are questions over his fitness and work rate that he doesn’t have time to definitively answer IMO. I’ve seen a lot of him for Quins and we do set up to let him focus on carrying and do less ruck work which he might not get as much of with England. However, it’s worth noting he went the full 80 yesterday and was fairly prominent in defence as well as attack. I’d far sooner take him than Hughes or Shields, but I can’t see it happening TBH. [/QUOTE]
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