Argentina v England (1st test)
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I realise England are in the fortunate position of having some quality depth now, but how did Argentina manage to lose to that development squad?
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@antipodean said in Argentina v England (1st test):
I realise England are in the fortunate position of having some quality depth now, but how did Argentina manage to lose to that development squad?
I actually think that England went out there with a fair bit of hope. The spine of the team - 2, 8, 9, 10 and 15 were all seasoned internationals, Genge, Ewels, May, Slade and Yarde have all spent plenty of time in the wider England training squad. Much has been made of the lack of experience but in reality it is only Williams and Curry that were out and out bolters from the starting XV.
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It was a pearl of a Test match, and also produced possibly the most beautiful scrum of all time.
Forwards, tissues at the ready:
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@SimonAdd_2 said in Argentina v England (1st test):
It was a pearl of a Test match, and also produced possibly the most beautiful scrum of all time.
Forwards, tissues at the ready:
a similar thing happened last year in the NZ vs Aus tests - from memory the ref called for a reset and then allowed the Aussie halfback to throw the ball under the number eights foot.
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@Catogrande said in Argentina v England (1st test):
@antipodean said in Argentina v England (1st test):
I realise England are in the fortunate position of having some quality depth now, but how did Argentina manage to lose to that development squad?
I actually think that England went out there with a fair bit of hope. The spine of the team - 2, 8, 9, 10 and 15 were all seasoned internationals, Genge, Ewels, May, Slade and Yarde have all spent plenty of time in the wider England training squad. Much has been made of the lack of experience but in reality it is only Williams and Curry that were out and out bolters from the starting XV.
You'd probably also call Wilson a bolter from the starting 15. Been around the block a few times and consistently good for Newcastle, but hasn't had a sniff of a call up before this tour.
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@Margin_Walker said in Argentina v England (1st test):
@Catogrande said in Argentina v England (1st test):
@antipodean said in Argentina v England (1st test):
I realise England are in the fortunate position of having some quality depth now, but how did Argentina manage to lose to that development squad?
I actually think that England went out there with a fair bit of hope. The spine of the team - 2, 8, 9, 10 and 15 were all seasoned internationals, Genge, Ewels, May, Slade and Yarde have all spent plenty of time in the wider England training squad. Much has been made of the lack of experience but in reality it is only Williams and Curry that were out and out bolters from the starting XV.
You'd probably also call Wilson a bolter from the starting 15. Been around the block a few times and consistently good for Newcastle, but hasn't had a sniff of a call up before this tour.
Has he not been part of Eddie's training squads for over a year now but always getting crocked at the wrong time?
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Sorry, missed this before. Can't find any record of him being called up before this summer by EJ, but may be wrong
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good game eh? just caught a replay. best i've seen ford play, admittedly out of a small sample, and the young pommy forwards held their own nicely. pumas had a few decent opportunities to seal it towards the end, but they remain the new france - bits of great footy but too many mistakes - and after they took sanchez off they really struggled for direction. hernandez is not what he once was, and landajo was pretty average all game with sanchez dealing very well with some dodgy service.
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@Margin_Walker said in Argentina v England (1st test):
Sorry, missed this before. Can't find any record of him being called up before this summer by EJ, but may be wrong
Nope my mistake. He was called up to an England training squad but got crocked, so probably didn't attend.
