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<blockquote data-quote="Yoshimitsu" data-source="post: 1044087" data-attributes="member: 71899"><p>Very much so. I can fully imagine a scenario where Smith is told he needs to work on his "defence" and "game management" i.e. "booting it away" before he'll be considered as an England starter. Which would ruin 90% of the stuff that's great about him now. The "it's too soon" brigade can bugger off. Smith is a year older than when Dan Carter debuted for the All Blacks. He's better than Ford and Farrell by a distance now. </p><p></p><p>That was a tremendous game of rugby from both sides yesterday . I do however believe that the absence of Ewers and Skinner tipped a very fine balance in favour of a Quins teams that really maximised their game. Interesting about the "power game" that Exeter usually apply. Quins are hardly the powder puff side of legend. The scrum was clearly in Quin's favour and in the backs I can't imagine that tackling Esterhuizen for 80 minutes is anything other than thoroughly unpleasant.</p><p></p><p>Well officiated too by Carley and amazing how players can abide by the rules once the consequences are known. There were very few marginal tackles in the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yoshimitsu, post: 1044087, member: 71899"] Very much so. I can fully imagine a scenario where Smith is told he needs to work on his "defence" and "game management" i.e. "booting it away" before he'll be considered as an England starter. Which would ruin 90% of the stuff that's great about him now. The "it's too soon" brigade can bugger off. Smith is a year older than when Dan Carter debuted for the All Blacks. He's better than Ford and Farrell by a distance now. That was a tremendous game of rugby from both sides yesterday . I do however believe that the absence of Ewers and Skinner tipped a very fine balance in favour of a Quins teams that really maximised their game. Interesting about the "power game" that Exeter usually apply. Quins are hardly the powder puff side of legend. The scrum was clearly in Quin's favour and in the backs I can't imagine that tackling Esterhuizen for 80 minutes is anything other than thoroughly unpleasant. Well officiated too by Carley and amazing how players can abide by the rules once the consequences are known. There were very few marginal tackles in the game. [/QUOTE]
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