England v Ireland 2026 6N
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Borthwick with some changes.
England: Steward; Freeman, Lawrence, Dingwall, Arundell; Ford, Mitchell; Genge, Cowan-Dickie, Heyes, Itoje, Chessum, T Curry, Earl, Pollock.
Replacements: George, Rodd, Davison, Coles, Pepper, Underhill, Van Poortvliet, M Smith.Arundell a bit lucky both to not get a ban and then to keep his place. But there IS no substitute for pace, so hopefully he will come good this weekend. Steward is leading a charmed life, due I think to a lack of a viable alternative. He does need to show something more than he has done so far. LCD has to be very close to getting a card for his no arms chop tackle technique but offers some go forward above George. To be fair, I'd be OK with either but I would like to see us blooding a younger guy a bit more often. Tinkering in the back row was to be expected as things did not go to plan but I'm not sure that Pepper and Underhill offer the same impact off the bench. Selection of JVP and M Smith are both overdue and obvious to all but SB.
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Steward lucky to keep his place at fullback.
But that team should be too strong for Ireland.
@sparky Yeah, like the last team were too strong for Scotland
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@sparky Yeah, like the last team were too strong for Scotland
@Catogrande said in England v Ireland 2026 6N:
@sparky Yeah, like the last team were too strong for Scotland
You'll be fine. It's BAU against an Irish team in decline.
England by a comfortable 15-20.
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@Catogrande said in England v Ireland 2026 6N:
@sparky Yeah, like the last team were too strong for Scotland
You'll be fine. It's BAU against an Irish team in decline.
England by a comfortable 15-20.
@MN5 said in England v Ireland 2026 6N:
@Catogrande said in England v Ireland 2026 6N:
@sparky Yeah, like the last team were too strong for Scotland
You'll be fine. It's BAU against an Irish team in decline.
England by a comfortable 15-20.
Far from comfiortable but advantage England if Prendergast starts IMO.
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@sparky Yeah, like the last team were too strong for Scotland
@Catogrande said in England v Ireland 2026 6N:
@sparky Yeah, like the last team were too strong for Scotland
Might help if you didn't have fat, slow loosies and a lightweight front row.
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@Catogrande said in England v Ireland 2026 6N:
@sparky Yeah, like the last team were too strong for Scotland
Might help if you didn't have fat, slow loosies and a lightweight front row.
