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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 1036558" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>Well not really. Imagine some players do really well against Italy, it wouldn't count for much because you'd recognise the poor quality of the opposition. If England players are being dismissed as poor because they lost to Ireland, Wales and Scotland, those 3 nations cannot then use their performances against England as evidence of playing particularly well. Ultimately it will be interesting to see if Gatland breaks form with regards to the 5th placed team. In previous Lions years both Ireland and Wales had come 5th without it really denting their Lions contributions much. On previous form, it also shouldn't hit England's too much either. If England suddenly find themselves bottom of the pile for Lions contributions off the back of 5th place in this years 6N then that would mean Gatland took a different approach this time round than he had done previously.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 1036558, member: 56232"] Well not really. Imagine some players do really well against Italy, it wouldn't count for much because you'd recognise the poor quality of the opposition. If England players are being dismissed as poor because they lost to Ireland, Wales and Scotland, those 3 nations cannot then use their performances against England as evidence of playing particularly well. Ultimately it will be interesting to see if Gatland breaks form with regards to the 5th placed team. In previous Lions years both Ireland and Wales had come 5th without it really denting their Lions contributions much. On previous form, it also shouldn't hit England's too much either. If England suddenly find themselves bottom of the pile for Lions contributions off the back of 5th place in this years 6N then that would mean Gatland took a different approach this time round than he had done previously. [/QUOTE]
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