All Blacks vs England I

[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.

[darylmitchell]

@sparky said in All Blacks vs England I:

@Chris That's a really good team.

forward pack is strong, the backline is really average.

[Victor Meldrew]

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs England I:

Pretty sure South Africa started naming a lot earlier.

Maybe wrong, but so do some of the 6N teams.

[Victor Meldrew]

@antipodean said in All Blacks vs England I:

Ginger McShitpass.

Chapeau!

[Kiwiwomble]

@Victor-Meldrew said in All Blacks vs England I:

@mariner4life said in All Blacks vs England I:

Pretty sure South Africa started naming a lot earlier.

Maybe wrong, but so do some of the 6N teams.

i was just on another forum and some of the english fans were very surprised it was so early....but also happy with the selections

[pakman]

@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.

It's become something of a thing in NH. Gatland seemed to start it. Boks sometimes do. England jumped on bandwagon this year.

[pakman]

@Tim said in All Blacks vs England I:

@mariner4life Surprisingly, he's from Wellsford.

You can take the boy out of Wellsford, but...

[pakman]

@antipodean Fin Baxter is a very handy LH. Coles has often struggled with short and capable LHs.

[nostrildamus]

@voodoo said in All Blacks vs England I:

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

but does his hairstyle look good on both sides of the ball?

[Nevorian]

@Daffy-Jaffy said in All Blacks vs England I:

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)

So many vice-captains

[game_film]

Pointless Itoje being a vice captain at this point. He’s obviously not the leadership type otherwise he’d have been Captain long ago. Nothing wrong with that.

[Victor Meldrew]

@game_film said in All Blacks vs England I:

Pointless Itoje being a vice captain at this point. He’s obviously not the leadership type otherwise he’d have been Captain long ago. Nothing wrong with that.

He's becoming a different player under Borthwick. Much more mature.

[KiwiMurph]

Really looking forward to watching this young gun Cunningham-South play at 6 for England.

Huge connection to NZ having played for Silverdale club, went to both Hamilton Boy's and Westlake Boy's.

Cunningham-South, who grew up in New Zealand, is a versatile forward who is comfortable in the second row, blindside flanker or number 8.

He joined the London Irish Academy in February 2022.

Chandler has played for North Harbour under-18s and trained with NZ Warriors in Rugby League.

Chandler also had outings for Canterbury RFC under-19s and Lincoln University in Christchurch before heading over to the United Kingdom.

[kiwiinmelb]

No leaks on the team yet ?

[Canerbry]

@Nevorian They don't have any vice-captains on the bench, so could lose their pattern in the second half.