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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Prestwick @ Feb 10 2009, 02:17 AM)
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THERE WAS NO BLOODY NOISE AT TWICKENHAM!!!![/b]
That's what spooked the bejasus out of them! Or was it Worsley bringing up the rear with a "comedy" banana?
England are top of table,
good bet for the championship.
They're definitely going to rip in to Wales after last week's crap. Line out should be fine.
Probably both outhalfs will be better with the boot than last week.
Wales came under pressure in the second quarter against Scot, and were poor in the fourth. Gatland happy enough afterward, but deep down I'd say he were a bit "wirried".
If England can crack Gatland's scrum they have a good chance. If not - Wales to run rings around them, King John's castles to crumble in to the sea, Welsh people to become insufferable.
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to be fair, the main reasons we took our foot off the pedal was that Gatland made loads of subs to rest his key players ready for the England, and the injury to Shane Williams didn't help, with Powell having to go to no.12 to make up the numbers. Plus the game was won, and won well, so the players went off steam because of it, so I really wouldn't use it as an example of how they''re gonna play against England.
Am a bit worried about the lineout, am wondering if Gatlands gonna bring in Charteris to partner Wyn-Jones so we'd have 2 lineout jumpers, but we'd probably miss the power of Gough. Wouldn't mind seeing Bradley Davies come in, since he's an exellant line out jumper and is pretty powerful (proved that more than once this season - especially in the Kingsholm game against Gloucester in the HC)
