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[RWC19 Warm-Up] - England vs Ireland
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<blockquote data-quote="Not Eddie Jones" data-source="post: 954487" data-attributes="member: 81025"><p>That doesn't really make sense in the context of last week's game. Eddie was clear that last week's game was all about practising England's power game to see where we needed to improve with it, so Cips playing creatively wouldn't have come into it. We could also say we may have scored a try using the power game if Eddie had played his first XV with his best power runners, but it's all ifs, buts and maybes. </p><p></p><p>What I do know is that Cipriani has 16 England caps and he hasn't exactly set the international rugby world alight. I can think of him creating maybe a couple of tries for England, but not much else. He's been pretty quiet when he's had his chances. Ford, on the other hand, has created dozens and dozens of tries in his 57 caps, as has Farrell in his 71 caps. Those two have both shown they can do the job on the international stage, Cips simply hasn't.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying Cips isn't a good player, of course he is, I just don't see any evidence that he's a cut above what we already have when it comes to playing internationals (as opposed to club rugby).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Not Eddie Jones, post: 954487, member: 81025"] That doesn't really make sense in the context of last week's game. Eddie was clear that last week's game was all about practising England's power game to see where we needed to improve with it, so Cips playing creatively wouldn't have come into it. We could also say we may have scored a try using the power game if Eddie had played his first XV with his best power runners, but it's all ifs, buts and maybes. What I do know is that Cipriani has 16 England caps and he hasn't exactly set the international rugby world alight. I can think of him creating maybe a couple of tries for England, but not much else. He's been pretty quiet when he's had his chances. Ford, on the other hand, has created dozens and dozens of tries in his 57 caps, as has Farrell in his 71 caps. Those two have both shown they can do the job on the international stage, Cips simply hasn't. I'm not saying Cips isn't a good player, of course he is, I just don't see any evidence that he's a cut above what we already have when it comes to playing internationals (as opposed to club rugby). [/QUOTE]
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