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[Catogrande]

@mikethesnow That's going to be some battle of the back rows. Pretty evenly matched. I think the key will be how the French half-backs go, it's the only area where I feel they have a distinct edge over your boys, though Jallibert in particular can be a bit hot and cold.

Should be a good match.

[Catogrande]

@mikethesnow said in NH International Rugby:

Potential banana skin for Scotland against Italy
Townsend makes 7 changes, mostly enforced, starting Hogg at 10

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/56446925

Scotland:
Maitland; Graham; Jones, Johnson; Van der Merwe; Hogg, Steele
Sutherland, Cherry, Z Fagerson; Skinner, Gilchrist, Ritchie, Watson, M Fagerson

Replacements:
Turner, Bhatti, Berghan, Craig, Haining, Price, Van der Walt, Harris.

Could go horribly wrong

Hogg at 10 :astonished_face:

[Catogrande]

England team to face Ireland in Dublin.

England: Malins; Watson, Daly, Farrell (capt), May; Ford, Youngs; M Vunipola, Cowan-Dickie, Sinckler, Itoje, Ewels, Wilson, Curry, B Vunipola.

Replacements: George, Genge, Stuart, Hill, Earl, Robson, Lawrence, Marchant.

I am more and more convinced that Eddie was touring over here back in early 1992 and fathered an out of wedlock son. His mother decided to call him Elliot and told him tales of his rugby playing father which made him determined to become a rugby player himself.

Poor young Odogwu, brought into the squad on the back of some outsanding performances in the Premiership. Slade gets injured so Odogwu gets his chance. No wait, we'll slot an out of form full back in there instead. Well at least he'll be on the bench and get his chance I hear you say. But no, we will bring in someone from outside the squad to fill that position. Watch Odogwu declare for Italy and carve up against us in the years to come.

Other than that, not much to complain about, though I might have had Earl starting in the place of Wilson who seems short of a gallop.

[MiketheSnow]

@catogrande said in NH International Rugby:

England team to face Ireland in Dublin.

England: Malins; Watson, Daly, Farrell (capt), May; Ford, Youngs; M Vunipola, Cowan-Dickie, Sinckler, Itoje, Ewels, Wilson, Curry, B Vunipola.

Replacements: George, Genge, Stuart, Hill, Earl, Robson, Lawrence, Marchant.

I am more and more convinced that Eddie was touring over here back in early 1992 and fathered an out of wedlock son. His mother decided to call him Elliot and told him tales of his rugby playing father which made him determined to become a rugby player himself.

Poor young Odogwu, brought into the squad on the back of some outsanding performances in the Premiership. Slade gets injured so Odogwu gets his chance. No wait, we'll slot an out of form full back in there instead. Well at least he'll be on the bench and get his chance I hear you say. But no, we will bring in someone from outside the squad to fill that position. Watch Odogwu declare for Italy and carve up against us in the years to come.

Other than that, not much to complain about, though I might have had Earl starting in the place of Wilson who seems short of a gallop.

Yeah poor bastard

[Bones]

@catogrande well at least Daly's mother had the good sense to enroll him at an excellent club..

[MN5]

@catogrande said in NH International Rugby:

@mikethesnow said in NH International Rugby:

Potential banana skin for Scotland against Italy
Townsend makes 7 changes, mostly enforced, starting Hogg at 10

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/56446925

Scotland:
Maitland; Graham; Jones, Johnson; Van der Merwe; Hogg, Steele
Sutherland, Cherry, Z Fagerson; Skinner, Gilchrist, Ritchie, Watson, M Fagerson

Replacements:
Turner, Bhatti, Berghan, Craig, Haining, Price, Van der Walt, Harris.

Could go horribly wrong

Hogg at 10 :astonished_face:

It’s only Italy. Scotland could spend all night on the Famous Grouse and still hammer them by 20 the next day.

[Catogrande]

@bones said in NH International Rugby:

@catogrande well at least Daly's mother had the good sense to enroll him at an excellent club..

And he had the good sense to bugger of to Dorking before he was 10.

[Bones]

@catogrande said in NH International Rugby:

@bones said in NH International Rugby:

@catogrande well at least Daly's mother had the good sense to enroll him at an excellent club..

And he had the good sense to bugger of to Dorking before he was 10.

Good maths. Eddie would be ashamed.

[Catogrande]

@bones He was very baby faced. Easy mistake to make.

[Bones]

@catogrande clearly arrows and circles have been lacking.

[MiketheSnow]

Italy
England
Wales

[Machpants]

mikethesnow said in NH International Rugby:

Italy
England
Wales

Lol

[Bones]

@machpants it's about time to pull out a win to save their pancetta for another few years.

[GibbonRib]

@bones said in NH International Rugby:

@machpants it's about time to pull out a win to save their pancetta for another few years.

They're fine whatever, everyone's happier about a biennial trip to Rome rather than Bucharest or Tbilisi

[sparky]

Scotland by 40+ points.

[mofitzy_]

@gibbonrib
That plus the money plus the fact Georgia and Romania are a step below Italy, as bad as Italy are.

[MiketheSnow]

@gibbonrib said in NH International Rugby:

@bones said in NH International Rugby:

@machpants it's about time to pull out a win to save their pancetta for another few years.

They're fine whatever, everyone's happier about a biennial trip to Rome rather than Bucharest or Tbilisi

Tbilisi is fantastic

And I’ve heard Bucharest is pretty cool

[Bones]

@mikethesnow said in NH International Rugby:

@gibbonrib said in NH International Rugby:

@bones said in NH International Rugby:

@machpants it's about time to pull out a win to save their pancetta for another few years.

They're fine whatever, everyone's happier about a biennial trip to Rome rather than Bucharest or Tbilisi

Tbilisi is fantastic

And I’ve heard Bucharest is pretty cool

Prolly can't get a porchetta sandwich at the truck outside the ground though eh.

[MiketheSnow]

@bones said in NH International Rugby:

@mikethesnow said in NH International Rugby:

@gibbonrib said in NH International Rugby:

@bones said in NH International Rugby:

@machpants it's about time to pull out a win to save their pancetta for another few years.

They're fine whatever, everyone's happier about a biennial trip to Rome rather than Bucharest or Tbilisi

Tbilisi is fantastic

And I’ve heard Bucharest is pretty cool

Prolly can't get a porchetta sandwich at the truck outside the ground though eh.

No, but the Georgian food is excellent

[Bones]

@mikethesnow said in NH International Rugby:

@bones said in NH International Rugby:

@mikethesnow said in NH International Rugby:

@gibbonrib said in NH International Rugby:

@bones said in NH International Rugby:

@machpants it's about time to pull out a win to save their pancetta for another few years.

They're fine whatever, everyone's happier about a biennial trip to Rome rather than Bucharest or Tbilisi

Tbilisi is fantastic

And I’ve heard Bucharest is pretty cool

Prolly can't get a porchetta sandwich at the truck outside the ground though eh.

No, but the Georgian food is excellent

Must be a right old mix of styles!

Scotland not with the greatest start...