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<blockquote data-quote="Count of Devonshire" data-source="post: 255021"><p>I think we did, in general. We lost all of one lineout all tournament, and we didn't concede a try with 15 on the field. Our scrum held up well without it's coke-sniffing best front rower. Some of our statistics we achieved were from the coaching manual's dream, we were simply let down by the 'spark', the 'luck' and the individual stupidity of some of our naive players. Note naive rather than young, Vickery was as culpable as the likes of Haskell and Ellis. </p><p></p><p>The likes of Worsley and Tindall were actually excellent, who'd have predicted that at the start? Remember Tindall was going to be 'steamrollered' by the french lad Bastereaud. It just didn't happen, and I don't believe it wouldn't happen if he was given a chance against the Boks either (and I'm not advocating Tindall himself play or even tour by the way, but if selected then he'd do his job just as he *always* has done). These are the sort of men I'd take, not the flash dans who might wilt under physicality or pressure. I'd look for those who can make yards through natural strength, pace and endeavour over the ones who will rely on training ground moves they won't have the time to properly learn. A quick side (might make amendments later) would be something like this:</p><p></p><p>Armitage; Cueto, O'Driscoll, D'Arcy, Monye, S Jones, Phillips; Jenkins, Rees, Murray, Shaw, O'Connell, Ferris, Worsley, Powell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Count of Devonshire, post: 255021"] I think we did, in general. We lost all of one lineout all tournament, and we didn't concede a try with 15 on the field. Our scrum held up well without it's coke-sniffing best front rower. Some of our statistics we achieved were from the coaching manual's dream, we were simply let down by the 'spark', the 'luck' and the individual stupidity of some of our naive players. Note naive rather than young, Vickery was as culpable as the likes of Haskell and Ellis. The likes of Worsley and Tindall were actually excellent, who'd have predicted that at the start? Remember Tindall was going to be 'steamrollered' by the french lad Bastereaud. It just didn't happen, and I don't believe it wouldn't happen if he was given a chance against the Boks either (and I'm not advocating Tindall himself play or even tour by the way, but if selected then he'd do his job just as he *always* has done). These are the sort of men I'd take, not the flash dans who might wilt under physicality or pressure. I'd look for those who can make yards through natural strength, pace and endeavour over the ones who will rely on training ground moves they won't have the time to properly learn. A quick side (might make amendments later) would be something like this: Armitage; Cueto, O'Driscoll, D'Arcy, Monye, S Jones, Phillips; Jenkins, Rees, Murray, Shaw, O'Connell, Ferris, Worsley, Powell. [/QUOTE]
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