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<blockquote data-quote="Not Mike Brown&#039;s Sock" data-source="post: 996936" data-attributes="member: 72041"><p>The captaincy debate is two-fold i think.</p><p></p><p>You can either go for the best off the field motivator and squad captain, as sam warburton was at the last tour, or Owen Farrell is for england now.</p><p>Or you can go for the on the pitch leader, who has to be a starter realistically. </p><p></p><p>For the former, the obvious option would be farrell I think, the way that the Eng players talk about his off the pitch role, it was a huge factor in their run to the final and an integral part of the team. I don't think there is an option like that in Ireland, Wales (maybe tipuric or AWJ?) or Scotland...</p><p></p><p>The latter has to be a garunteed starter, or at least one which is very,very likely. This leaves us with AWJ (because Gats is coach), Itoje or Faz, but that's it. Even Hogg isn't a garunteed starter, you can make a strong case for Williams instead. </p><p></p><p>The players that fall into both those categories are AWJ and Faz.</p><p></p><p>Which one has more of a claim to start, and even be on the tour out of the two? </p><p></p><p>I have seen nobody suggest that Faz shouldn't be there. The debate over AWJ is ongoing...</p><p></p><p>Clear enough choice no?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Not Mike Brown's Sock, post: 996936, member: 72041"] The captaincy debate is two-fold i think. You can either go for the best off the field motivator and squad captain, as sam warburton was at the last tour, or Owen Farrell is for england now. Or you can go for the on the pitch leader, who has to be a starter realistically. For the former, the obvious option would be farrell I think, the way that the Eng players talk about his off the pitch role, it was a huge factor in their run to the final and an integral part of the team. I don't think there is an option like that in Ireland, Wales (maybe tipuric or AWJ?) or Scotland... The latter has to be a garunteed starter, or at least one which is very,very likely. This leaves us with AWJ (because Gats is coach), Itoje or Faz, but that's it. Even Hogg isn't a garunteed starter, you can make a strong case for Williams instead. The players that fall into both those categories are AWJ and Faz. Which one has more of a claim to start, and even be on the tour out of the two? I have seen nobody suggest that Faz shouldn't be there. The debate over AWJ is ongoing... Clear enough choice no? [/QUOTE]
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