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Post Week2 Review - France and Wales
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<blockquote data-quote="Stillknox" data-source="post: 175119"><p>5 years...</p><p></p><p>Mmmh Skrela is picked regularly since last year only, he had a cap in 2001 but then none till 2007. Plus he's not clearly the main choice at 10, he already has 29 years old and Trinh-Duc is well liked by the staff. When Beauxis will return from his injury, or when Michalak will return in France, not sure he will be there anymore...</p><p> </p><p>Elissalde has been in the shadows of Yachvili and Mignoni, same thing for Nallet with Pelous. Dusautoir was not even in the World Cup squad before Vermeulen's injury... Clerc & Heymans are well known since a few years but Rougerie & Dominici were most often prefered to them. Heymans is also a newbie at fullback.</p><p></p><p>Many key players were 'thrown': Mignoni, Thion, Chabal, Papé, Poitrenaud, Harinordoquy, Nyanga, Martin and many of them are still competitive. Without injuries, Marty & Mas wouldn't be there too. About the retired players, I don't think any of them would have been picked by the staff... rumor has it that Ibanez wanted to continue but Lievremont called to tell him he was not interested.</p><p></p><p>To me this is not a team being rebuilt from the ground up, this is the 'backtone' formed after the famous defeat in the opening game versus Argentina, with some new kids (8 new players + Ouedraogo and Jacquet who had only two caps before the tournament) to prepare the future. </p><p>That's not 100% new but there has been more changes than any other 6Nations team... I think that Lievremont, N'Tamack and Retieres are pretty audacious anyway.</p><p></p><p>Aside that, I agree with you on everything, also for Wales. Good analysis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stillknox, post: 175119"] 5 years... Mmmh Skrela is picked regularly since last year only, he had a cap in 2001 but then none till 2007. Plus he's not clearly the main choice at 10, he already has 29 years old and Trinh-Duc is well liked by the staff. When Beauxis will return from his injury, or when Michalak will return in France, not sure he will be there anymore... Elissalde has been in the shadows of Yachvili and Mignoni, same thing for Nallet with Pelous. Dusautoir was not even in the World Cup squad before Vermeulen's injury... Clerc & Heymans are well known since a few years but Rougerie & Dominici were most often prefered to them. Heymans is also a newbie at fullback. Many key players were 'thrown': Mignoni, Thion, Chabal, Papé, Poitrenaud, Harinordoquy, Nyanga, Martin and many of them are still competitive. Without injuries, Marty & Mas wouldn't be there too. About the retired players, I don't think any of them would have been picked by the staff... rumor has it that Ibanez wanted to continue but Lievremont called to tell him he was not interested. To me this is not a team being rebuilt from the ground up, this is the 'backtone' formed after the famous defeat in the opening game versus Argentina, with some new kids (8 new players + Ouedraogo and Jacquet who had only two caps before the tournament) to prepare the future. That's not 100% new but there has been more changes than any other 6Nations team... I think that Lievremont, N'Tamack and Retieres are pretty audacious anyway. Aside that, I agree with you on everything, also for Wales. Good analysis. [/QUOTE]
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