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Wales v England - 10 days.
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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 932847" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>Don't agree with you there. Young played reasonably well v Italy, but Tips is world class vs any opposition. I agree that he's not an immovable object at the breakdown like Pocock, but he's still very efficient at getting in early and either slowing down opposition ball, or stealing it. With Smith back on the loosehead and Navidi at 6, there's a couple of strong players who will also compliment Tipuric at the breakdown. It's an area I'm confident of matching or trumping England in.</p><p></p><p>Tipuric's work rate doesn't drop throughout the 80, so he'll be just as effective against those tired legs starting as if he comes off the bench. Pull Moriarty after 60, shift Navidi to 8 and bring Young on at 6 imo.</p><p></p><p>I'm most worried about our 10, 12, 13 axis atm. I think Anscombe will come back in, but I do worry about his defence up against Manu. Parkes and JD2 have also been very average thus far.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 932847, member: 13739"] Don't agree with you there. Young played reasonably well v Italy, but Tips is world class vs any opposition. I agree that he's not an immovable object at the breakdown like Pocock, but he's still very efficient at getting in early and either slowing down opposition ball, or stealing it. With Smith back on the loosehead and Navidi at 6, there's a couple of strong players who will also compliment Tipuric at the breakdown. It's an area I'm confident of matching or trumping England in. Tipuric's work rate doesn't drop throughout the 80, so he'll be just as effective against those tired legs starting as if he comes off the bench. Pull Moriarty after 60, shift Navidi to 8 and bring Young on at 6 imo. I'm most worried about our 10, 12, 13 axis atm. I think Anscombe will come back in, but I do worry about his defence up against Manu. Parkes and JD2 have also been very average thus far. [/QUOTE]
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