I've had the feeling all along that Wood would was going to get a starting slot, and an injury to Lawes would give Eddy the justification to say "we need to shaw up or line up etc.etc." In that eventuality I expect Wood would make his 'formal' openside debut and Robshaw staying put at 6 (which was probably the way they should have been played back in Burt era). If this is the case it will be interesting to see if Wood can make more of an impact in this position than as a blindside at test level.Mellsblue wrote:The Times have him as 'struggling' and 'must train fully by tomorrow if he is to be considered'. They also have Jones sharing your issue with the possibly combinations should he not be fit. To take the tale of woe to its nth degree they hint that Wood will be in the side of Lawes is not.Puja wrote:Great news, although I fully expect one or both of them to get injured this week just to make me cry.fivepointer wrote:Looks like May & Roko lined up for the wing spots.
Squad to be cut tomorrow.
Surprised that no-one's posted that the England camp are confident that Lawes will be okay to play SA. That's very good news, as I'd be worried about either Launch/Attwood or Launch/Ewels (for different reasons).
Puja
Also Springboks may well play Roelof Smit at openside who is similar size to Louw.