Article: The Original Rugby Championship - Six Nations 2016

gollum

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Hopefully it means he plays 12 with JJ at 13, and then they pick one flyhalf and stick with him rather than shoehorning two in.
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He made a point early on of saying he saw Tuilagi as at 12 in the mould of Nonu. So the JJ appears say. Till Slade is fit.

Catogrande

Priestland AND Anscombe on the bench but no Morgan? You must be spitting Mike.

MiketheSnow

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Priestland AND Anscombe on the bench but no Morgan? You must be spitting Mike.
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Don't get me started :ireful:

Catogrande

Too late. Sorry.

MiketheSnow

Been emphatically informed by more learned brethren that Morgan is too small for Test rugby.
 
Maybe for Gatland's Morgan see Hansen's Shane Williams.

Catogrande

Well Hansen did eventually pick Williams, even if it was virtually by default. Morgan should get his chance aged about 32 based on that.

Billy Tell

Got to be honest the 6N has been pretty crap viewing so far, only Wales vs Scotland was decent. 
With super rugby starting the enthusiasm has waned. I'll watch 2 of the games, but Scotland vs Italy will probably get a miss. 
Could be down to a 2-horse race after the weekend, England could potentially humiliate Ireland at twickenham.

canefan

So Eddie Jones settles on Manu Tuilagi at 12 to be his "English" nonu. Isn't he the cop beater Tuilagi from recent times?

Crucial

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Could be down to a 2-horse race after the weekend, England could potentially humiliate Ireland at twickenham.
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There's a 81.2% chance that will happen.

Margin_Walker

England 23 for Ireland. Lawes drops out with Daly coming in to the squad as Eddie goes back to a 5:3 bench.
 
Forwards (13) Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers) Jack Clifford (Harlequins) Jamie George (Saracens) Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints) James Haskell (Wasps) Paul Hill (Northampton Saints) Maro Itoje (Saracens) George Kruis (Saracens) Joe Launchbury (Wasps) Joe Marler (Harlequins) Chris Robshaw (Harlequins) Billy Vunipola (Saracens) Mako Vunipola (Saracens) Backs (10) Mike Brown (Harlequins) Danny Care (Harlequins) Elliot Daly (Wasps) Owen Farrell (Saracens) George Ford (Bath Rugby) Alex Goode (Saracens) Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby) Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs) Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby) Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)

Catogrande

Lawes can feel a wee bit hard done by but I prefer the balance of this squad.

MiketheSnow

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Lawes can feel a wee bit hard done by but I prefer the balance of this squad.
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Itoje, Kruis & Launchbury offer way more IMHO

Catogrande

I'd agree that they complement each other a bit better Mike and I don't disagree with Eddy's selection in this instance.

Catogrande

Launchbury out apparently, assume Lawes will drop back in.

Disgusted of TW

If Warren is serious about this, I will sign the petition in a heartbeat: 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/wales/12172513/Wales-vs-France-Warren-Gatland-calls-for-rethink-on-subs-rule.html'>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/wales/12172513/Wales-vs-France-Warren-Gatland-calls-for-rethink-on-subs-rule.html</a>

Bones

Ummm...make everyone more tired, slower and less skilful? Not sure that creates the better spectacle...

mariner4life

hahaha Warren Gatland thinks teams shouldn't be as big and play with more flair? He's on the wind-up surely?

Derm McCrum

Confirmed Ireland team for Saturday's match against England. 
Payne didnt recover allowing Stu McCloskey to earn his first cap at inside centre and move Henshaw to his more natural position at outside. 
McCarthy's loss through injury gives another possible new cap to Connacht's Ultan Dillane, on the bench with Donncha Ryan starting alongside Toner. 
Tommy O'Donnell, the Munster open-side could has given way to a third newbie, Leinster's young Josh van der Flier. 
Earls in for the injured D Kearney. Ross and Healy recovered from injury. 
It makes for a refreshing change in the back line. And a bit more solidity up front in the scrum. 
15 Rob Kearney (Leinster) 
14 Andrew Trimble (Ulster) 
13 Robbie Henshaw (Connacht) 
12 Stuart McCloskey (Ulster) 
11 Keith Earls (Munster) 
10 Johnny Sexton (Leinster) 
9 Conor Murray (Munster) 
1 Jack McGrath (Leinster) 
2 Rory Best (Ulster, capt) 
3 Mike Ross (Leinster) 
4 Donnacha Ryan (Munster) 
5 Devin Toner (Leinster) 
6 C J Stander (Munster) 
7 Josh van der Flier (Leinster) 
8 Jamie Heaslip (Leinster) 
Replacements: R Strauss (Leinster), C Healy (Leinster), N White (Connacht), U Dillane (Connacht), R Ruddock (Leinster), E Reddan (Leinster), I Madigan (Leinster), S Zebo (Munster).

Catogrande

Van der Flier has to be the best name for an open side in world rugby - he does need to be quick though. :yes:

Derm McCrum

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Van der Flier has to be the best name for an open side in world rugby - he does need to be quick though. :yes:</blockquote>
 
He is quick. And I reckon could be better than O'Brien in time. He disappointed the media when he did his first interview by telling them it was pronounced Fleer. Grandparents came to Ireland in the fifties and settled in south Leinster.

The Silver Fern

Article: The Original Rugby Championship - Six Nations 2016