England A v All Blacks XV

[ACT Crusader]

A decent side with some players in good club form. Hassell-Collins is a good player and has good size for a winger, 6’4 and 105+ kg. I expect the England attack will use him off first phase on set piece.

[UpTheHarbs]

Ethan Roots (ex-Harbour boy and four-test England international) captaining and starting at centre.

[ARHS]

Crazy! Should stick to blindside!

[UpTheHarbs]

@ARHS I just realised the team list is ordered 15-9 then 1-8

[NTA]

Pommy team naming conventions are dumb

[mohikamo]

@NTA
F'n dumb.
I can remember when the full-back was No. 1.
But the No. 8 has always been the No. 8, and that is why we call him . . . the "No. 8"

[Bones]

@NTA said in England A v All Blacks XV:

Pommy team naming conventions are dumb

It's fucking moronic and for no fucking reason.

[Catogrande]

@NTA said in England A v All Blacks XV:

Pommy team naming conventions are dumb

Agreed, but it has become tradition and good luck changing that.

[Grooter]

Hopefully TK Howden starts at 6.

[Bones]

@Catogrande said in England A v All Blacks XV:

@NTA said in England A v All Blacks XV:

Pommy team naming conventions are dumb

Agreed, but it has become tradition and good luck changing that.

How, where and why? I haven't noticed it at my club level.

[MiketheSnow]

Has always been thus in Wales

[mohikamo]

@MiketheSnow said in England A v All Blacks XV:

Has always been thus in Wales

Good to see someone has fessed up to being the source of the dumbness.

[nostrildamus]

@Nepia said in England A v All Blacks XV:

It's interesting how many English born PI's are coming through their system, considering how much shit NH scribes used to give us for our NZers of PI descent.

It's all Pommynesia, innit?

[sparky]

Josh Beehre, Luke Jacobson and Sevu Reece have travelled from Edinburgh to Bristol and will be playing for the ABs XV against England.

[Bovidae]

[Bones]

ENS dropped

[Bovidae]

Yeah, the addition of Reece makes the back three weaker.

[Grooter]

@Bovidae should've just started Reihana this game so I could coin the backline Caleb & the Crusaders

[SouthernMann]

@Grooter said in England A v All Blacks XV:

@Bovidae should've just started Reihana this game so I could coin the backline Caleb & the Crusaders

We don't want them getting ideas!

[sparky]

Howden at Lock.

I'm worried the English are going to crush us at set piece.