There isn't really any competition there.
RWC Training Squad
Moderator: Puja
- Which Tyler
- Posts: 9252
- Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 8:43 pm
- Location: Tewkesbury
- Contact:
- Spiffy
- Posts: 1987
- Joined: Sun Feb 14, 2016 4:13 pm
Re: RWC Training Squad
Everyone is missing the bleedin' obvious in this endless round of musical chairs. Play Faz at 15 where he can be second playmaker, make breaks, carve openings and provide a rock-like last line of defence with his immaculate and powerful tackling. Now come on Silly Bogger, do what's right. You know it makes sense.Puja wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 11:56 amWell, the point of having Smith play 15 is so that we can have him on the pitch as a sub without having to take off Ford and disarrange the incredible cohesion of our backline by changing the 10. I thought you were suggesting a direct swap of Malins for Smith in the XXIII - that they would've been better putting Malins at 15 and, since he was a FH originally, he could then be the 10 cover. Obviously a crossed wire.Oakboy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:39 amSorry, you've lost me. Why would Malins end up at FH if we had started him at FB? If both Ford and Smith (at 10/22 or 22/10) were injured, do you mean?Puja wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 9:28 am
You would really be comfortable with Malins covering fly-half for England if Ford went down injured in the first minute?!
Also, I don't get the "Malins is not a wing" argument. That's where he's played the majority of his professional appearances, as Saracens have rarely played him anywhere but there. Say he's not your type of wing or that he's not good enough, sure. Saying he's completely out of position seems wild.
Puja
Puja
- Mellsblue
- Posts: 14573
- Joined: Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:58 am
Re: RWC Training Squad
Like a test match Christian Cullen animal?Spiffy wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 4:24 pmEveryone is missing the bleedin' obvious in this endless round of musical chairs. Play Faz at 15 where he can be second playmaker, make breaks, carve openings and provide a rock-like last line of defence with his immaculate and powerful tackling. Now come on Silly Bogger, do what's right. You know it makes sense.Puja wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 11:56 amWell, the point of having Smith play 15 is so that we can have him on the pitch as a sub without having to take off Ford and disarrange the incredible cohesion of our backline by changing the 10. I thought you were suggesting a direct swap of Malins for Smith in the XXIII - that they would've been better putting Malins at 15 and, since he was a FH originally, he could then be the 10 cover. Obviously a crossed wire.
Puja
- Puja
- Posts: 17735
- Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:16 pm
Re: RWC Training Squad
BannedSpiffy wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 4:24 pmEveryone is missing the bleedin' obvious in this endless round of musical chairs. Play Faz at 15 where he can be second playmaker, make breaks, carve openings and provide a rock-like last line of defence with his immaculate and powerful tackling. Now come on Silly Bogger, do what's right. You know it makes sense.Puja wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 11:56 amWell, the point of having Smith play 15 is so that we can have him on the pitch as a sub without having to take off Ford and disarrange the incredible cohesion of our backline by changing the 10. I thought you were suggesting a direct swap of Malins for Smith in the XXIII - that they would've been better putting Malins at 15 and, since he was a FH originally, he could then be the 10 cover. Obviously a crossed wire.
Puja
Backist Monk
- Puja
- Posts: 17735
- Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:16 pm
Re: RWC Training Squad
Telegraph going hard on the RugbyRebels conversation topics: Why Maro Itoje is actually doing a shit-tonne of really good work at rucks, but maybe he shouldn't have to be: https://12ft.io/proxy?&q=https%3A%2F%2F ... d-cup-2023
Puja
Puja
Backist Monk
-
- Posts: 2630
- Joined: Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:41 pm
Re: RWC Training Squad
This is happening too often, time to invoice themPuja wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 5:29 pm Telegraph going hard on the RugbyRebels conversation topics: Why Maro Itoje is actually doing a shit-tonne of really good work at rucks, but maybe he shouldn't have to be: https://12ft.io/proxy?&q=https%3A%2F%2F ... d-cup-2023
Puja
- morepork
- Posts: 7530
- Joined: Wed Feb 10, 2016 1:50 pm
Re: RWC Training Squad
Come on, how great would it be to see Fazlet utterly skinned by a wee Kolbe or Villière and totally throw his toys out of the pram. Vanilla Ice would just lose his shit.Puja wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 5:12 pmBannedSpiffy wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 4:24 pmEveryone is missing the bleedin' obvious in this endless round of musical chairs. Play Faz at 15 where he can be second playmaker, make breaks, carve openings and provide a rock-like last line of defence with his immaculate and powerful tackling. Now come on Silly Bogger, do what's right. You know it makes sense.Puja wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 11:56 am
Well, the point of having Smith play 15 is so that we can have him on the pitch as a sub without having to take off Ford and disarrange the incredible cohesion of our backline by changing the 10. I thought you were suggesting a direct swap of Malins for Smith in the XXIII - that they would've been better putting Malins at 15 and, since he was a FH originally, he could then be the 10 cover. Obviously a crossed wire.
Puja
- Puja
- Posts: 17735
- Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:16 pm
Re: RWC Training Squad
I still remember (and gripe about) the day back on the old Planetrugby forums (back when the forums were anonymous and my signing my posts was a necessity rather than an affectation), where I posted a screed about the Pacific Islands not being included in the world game and was disconcerted to find it large chunks of it repeated word for word in Stuart Barnes's Telegraph column the next day.Danno wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 8:55 pmThis is happening too often, time to invoice themPuja wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 5:29 pm Telegraph going hard on the RugbyRebels conversation topics: Why Maro Itoje is actually doing a shit-tonne of really good work at rucks, but maybe he shouldn't have to be: https://12ft.io/proxy?&q=https%3A%2F%2F ... d-cup-2023
Puja
Puja
Backist Monk
-
- Posts: 2630
- Joined: Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:41 pm
Re: RWC Training Squad
Colour me surprised, finding an original thought in that head would be El Dorado (not the show)Puja wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:39 pmI still remember (and gripe about) the day back on the old Planetrugby forums (back when the forums were anonymous and my signing my posts was a necessity rather than an affectation), where I posted a screed about the Pacific Islands not being included in the world game and was disconcerted to find it large chunks of it repeated word for word in Stuart Barnes's Telegraph column the next day.Danno wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 8:55 pmThis is happening too often, time to invoice themPuja wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 5:29 pm Telegraph going hard on the RugbyRebels conversation topics: Why Maro Itoje is actually doing a shit-tonne of really good work at rucks, but maybe he shouldn't have to be: https://12ft.io/proxy?&q=https%3A%2F%2F ... d-cup-2023
Puja
Puja
- Mellsblue
- Posts: 14573
- Joined: Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:58 am
Re: RWC Training Squad
Just realised that Serin isn’t in the France squad which means that a player who is better than all our 9’s can’t even make the France squad.
- Mellsblue
- Posts: 14573
- Joined: Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:58 am
Re: RWC Training Squad
And then there’s Penaud who would be our best 13 despite playing on the wing for club and country.
- Mr Mwenda
- Posts: 2461
- Joined: Wed Feb 10, 2016 7:42 am
- Mellsblue
- Posts: 14573
- Joined: Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:58 am
-
- Posts: 8468
- Joined: Thu Jul 09, 2020 4:10 pm
Re: RWC Training Squad
Isn't even the best French 9 not in the squad. Baptiste Jauneau is going to be an absolute star. He's more than handy as is. Any other country would have him fast tracked into the first team, poor sod is very unlucky to have the start of his career overlap with Dupont.
- Mellsblue
- Posts: 14573
- Joined: Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:58 am
- Mellsblue
- Posts: 14573
- Joined: Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:58 am
- Mellsblue
- Posts: 14573
- Joined: Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:58 am
Re: RWC Training Squad
More on the test match animal vs different animal battle:
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/marseill ... aced-with/
‘Regardless, Argentina crumpled like a punctured lung.‘ was my favourite turn of phrase.
https://www.rugbypass.com/news/marseill ... aced-with/
‘Regardless, Argentina crumpled like a punctured lung.‘ was my favourite turn of phrase.
- Mellsblue
- Posts: 14573
- Joined: Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:58 am
Re: RWC Training Squad
Anybody know if there is a highlights programme?
-
- Posts: 2630
- Joined: Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:41 pm
-
- Posts: 1312
- Joined: Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:31 am
Re: RWC Training Squad
Bloody annoying that. I get that ITV maybe want to leave some room for normal programming but you’d think a round up show at midnight wouldn’t be beyond question. Doesn’t even need an array of pundits to give their opinions just show the bleeding highlights.
-
- Posts: 19200
- Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:52 pm
-
- Posts: 2630
- Joined: Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:41 pm
Re: RWC Training Squad
Worst part is you have to watch 3mins of ads for ~7mins of highlights on a match. Makes me ****ing apoplecticBeasties wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 5:55 pmBloody annoying that. I get that ITV maybe want to leave some room for normal programming but you’d think a round up show at midnight wouldn’t be beyond question. Doesn’t even need an array of pundits to give their opinions just show the bleeding highlights.