All Blacks vs England I

[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?

[Kiwiwomble]

Graham Henry first game was england too...and they were world champ at the time

[nzzp]

Statement too

http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&MT_ID=2102

[Mr Fish]

@nzzp said in All Blacks vs England I:

Statement too

http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/teamsheet.asp?level1=All_Blacks&Level2=ABC&MT_ID=2102

Only won the second half 6-0. Poor.

[Bones]

So we know Clarke is starting then.

[Kiwiwomble]

if clark is out....we only have 12 wingers to choose from now

[antipodean]

@Kiwiwomble said in All Blacks vs England I:

if clark is out....we only have 12 wingers to choose from now

That squad selection policy not looking quite so stupid now!

[Kiwiwomble]

@antipodean touche

[Windows97]

Has George Bridge been bought in as emergency cover yet?

[voodoo]

Wingers don’t have to defend much so maybe they’ll call up Sotutu

[Kiwiwomble]

@voodoo i dont think they mean the left side when they say both sides of the ball

[voodoo]

@Kiwiwomble my bad

[sparky]

@Chris That's a really good team.

[Chris]

@sparky said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Chris That's a really good team.

Yep England will be tough.