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<blockquote data-quote="Tomsey" data-source="post: 477851" data-attributes="member: 38105"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">I agree with Graham Henry and disagree with everything peat says. I have been saying for years that the RFU hierarchy being to scared to allow the English rugby team to play attacking has been their achilles heal. As Henry says there is a large numbers of rugby players in England and there is large numbers of very talented attacking rugby players but somehow players like Matt Banahan are still allowed to play on the wing for for England when there are players like Chris Ashton sitting in the stands.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">England have always had a decent forward pack and scrum so they shouldn't have any problem setting the platform for an attacking backline to go nuts.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'">As for what peat says: according to the IRB there are 37835 registered rugby players in New Zealand. Some sources suggest that there are as many as <span style="color: #000000">1,182,602 in England. Even if those stats are way off they are still WAY higher than New Zealand and likely the highest in the world. That is the point Graham was making. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #000000">As far as England's inconsistency in flyhalf selection I have to agree with smartcooky (there is a first time for everything). Granted there has been a lot of injuries over the years but the when was the last time they gave a young or newly blooded number 10 time to establish themselves. The amount of times players have been given a shot through injury only to be tossed on the scrap heap in favor of tried and failed older players like Hodgson or Goode is beyond a joke. If the definition of insanity is repeating the same action over and over and expecting a different result then the RFU should be commited.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman'"><span style="color: #000000">Also so what if Ford kicked away too much possession in the final. He won 3 best on ground awards during the 6 nations and won under 20 player of the year. He is only 17. Kicking too much in one game can't erase all those accolades. </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tomsey, post: 477851, member: 38105"] [SIZE=3][FONT=times new roman]I agree with Graham Henry and disagree with everything peat says. I have been saying for years that the RFU hierarchy being to scared to allow the English rugby team to play attacking has been their achilles heal. As Henry says there is a large numbers of rugby players in England and there is large numbers of very talented attacking rugby players but somehow players like Matt Banahan are still allowed to play on the wing for for England when there are players like Chris Ashton sitting in the stands. England have always had a decent forward pack and scrum so they shouldn't have any problem setting the platform for an attacking backline to go nuts. As for what peat says: according to the IRB there are 37835 registered rugby players in New Zealand. Some sources suggest that there are as many as [COLOR=#000000]1,182,602 in England. Even if those stats are way off they are still WAY higher than New Zealand and likely the highest in the world. That is the point Graham was making. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]As far as England's inconsistency in flyhalf selection I have to agree with smartcooky (there is a first time for everything). Granted there has been a lot of injuries over the years but the when was the last time they gave a young or newly blooded number 10 time to establish themselves. The amount of times players have been given a shot through injury only to be tossed on the scrap heap in favor of tried and failed older players like Hodgson or Goode is beyond a joke. If the definition of insanity is repeating the same action over and over and expecting a different result then the RFU should be commited. Also so what if Ford kicked away too much possession in the final. He won 3 best on ground awards during the 6 nations and won under 20 player of the year. He is only 17. Kicking too much in one game can't erase all those accolades. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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