All Blacks vs England I

[ACT Crusader]

@Chris said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Chris i understand in house things will be named....this just seems early to offically name it

Yeah I am not sure why England released it early it does seem a bit early to put it out there.

Because it will leak anyway, so might as well name it right after it’s been decided.

[Chris]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Chris i understand in house things will be named....this just seems early to offically name it

Yeah I am not sure why England released it early it does seem a bit early to put it out there.

Because it will leak anyway, so might as well name it right after it’s been decided.

Yeah fair enough no surprises anyway.

[mariner4life]

good on England. if rugby was serious about marketing itself all test sides would get named on Tuesday. Days of analysis and head-to-head match ups to discuss.

But noooo, lets wait until late in the week.

It's piss weak

[Kiwiwomble]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Chris said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Chris i understand in house things will be named....this just seems early to offically name it

Yeah I am not sure why England released it early it does seem a bit early to put it out there.

Because it will leak anyway, so might as well name it right after it’s been decided.

am i wrong though that we dont normally get a team named on a tuesday?

not saying it bad, just unexpected and i feel unusual not to have noth team naming at a similar time

[mariner4life]

Pretty sure South Africa started naming a lot earlier.

[ACT Crusader]

England and Aussies always name earlier than the ABs when we play. And possibly the Boks too.

[Kiwiwomble]

sweet, more to talk about then

[mariner4life]

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

sweet, more to talk about then

yeah, like how Chandler Cunningham-South sounds like a Harry Enfield character

[Tim]

@mariner4life Surprisingly, he's from Wellsford.

[george33]

Caleb Clarke ruled out of selection

[nzzp]

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

am i wrong though that we dont normally get a team named on a tuesday?

are ... you asking when the team is named?

/sarc

[ACT Crusader]

An early naming ends silly speculation, dumb articles like the one above that talk about three halfback options but doesn’t add anything meaningful.

We could have some decent discussion in our media and around forums about the actual teams

[ACT Crusader]

@george33 said in All Blacks vs England I:

Caleb Clarke ruled out of selection

[Daffy Jaffy]

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/england-reshuffle-the-front-row-in-in-team-to-face-all-blacks/

1. Joe Marler (Harlequins, 94 caps) – vice-captain

2. Jamie George (Saracens, 91 caps) – captain

3. Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 39 caps)

4. Maro Itoje (Saracens, 82 caps) – vice-captain

5. George Martin (Leicester Tigers, 13 caps)

6. Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins, 5 caps)

7. Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 36 caps)

8. Ben Earl (Saracens, 31 caps) – vice-captain

9. Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints, 16 caps)

10. Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 33 caps)

11. Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints, 9 caps)

12. Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby, 25 caps)

13. Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 63 caps) – vice-captain

14. Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs, 4 caps)

15. George Furbank (Northampton Saints, 10 caps)

Reserves

16. Theo Dan (Saracens, 13 caps)

17. Fin Baxter (Harlequins, uncapped)

18. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 113 caps)

19. Alex Coles (Northampton Saints, 5 caps)

20. Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 51 caps)

21. Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby, 5 caps)

22. Fin Smith (Northampton Saints, 3 caps)

23. Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton Saints, uncapped)

[Chris]

@george33 said in All Blacks vs England I:

Caleb Clarke ruled out of selection

Ribs still not good ?

[Bovidae]

England pretty much named their team when they played Japan.

[Kruse]

@ACT-Crusader said in All Blacks vs England I:

The only worthwhile thing out of that Knowler article was

More of the same!
I feel robbed, we were promised shiny new things! This is bullshit.

[antipodean]

@KiwiMurph said in All Blacks vs England I:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/521067/all-blacks-who-plays-halfback-this-weekend

Let me sum this up:
Experienced vs Incumbent vs In-form

My worst fear is a combination of Flapanara and Ginger McShitpass.

[antipodean]

@Daffy-Jaffy Unsurprising given how Dan Cole went against Japan.

[canefan]

A first ever test as coach, against a warmed up England side, that's a decent challenge. Whatever happened to a few games against lesser opposition before jumping into a game with one of the big boys?