NH International Rugby
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Saw this and thought "C'mon England"
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@Bones said in NH International Rugby:
Haaaa apparently Bono visited them to perform a "pep-talk".
Bet that would gee ya up eh.
He's a year too late to be able to discuss what its like to be massively overrated by your fans when the rest of the world thinks you're a bit shit. Do you reckon he snuck their latest album onto the teams phones without them asking for it?
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England starting XV
15 Elliot Daly (Saracens, 41 caps)
14 Jonny May (Leicester Tigers, 54 caps)
13 Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers, 41 caps)
12 Owen Farrell (Saracens, 81 caps) C
11 Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 49 caps)
10 George Ford (Leicester Tigers, 67 caps)
9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 97 caps)
1 Joe Marler (Harlequins, 69 caps)
2 Jamie George (Saracens, 47 caps)
3 Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins, 33 caps)
4 Maro Itoje (Saracens, 36 caps)
5 George Kruis (Saracens, 43 caps)
6 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 83 caps)
7 Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 17 caps)
8 Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 21 caps)Finishers
16 Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, 22 caps)
17 Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 16 caps)
18 Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 1 cap)
19 Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 63 caps)
20 Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 13 caps)
21 Ben Earl (Saracens, 1 cap)
22 Willi Heinz (Gloucester Rugby, 11 caps)
23 Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 27 caps) -
England have named their team. I can't remember Jonathan Joseph on the Wing before:
https://twitter.com/EnglandRugby/status/1230809813543768065?s=20
@sparky said in NH International Rugby:
England have named their team. I can't remember Jonathan Joseph on the Wing before:
https://twitter.com/EnglandRugby/status/1230809813543768065?s=20
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England starting XV
15 Elliot Daly (Saracens, 41 caps)
14 Jonny May (Leicester Tigers, 54 caps)
13 Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers, 41 caps)
12 Owen Farrell (Saracens, 81 caps) C
11 Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 49 caps)
10 George Ford (Leicester Tigers, 67 caps)
9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 97 caps)
1 Joe Marler (Harlequins, 69 caps)
2 Jamie George (Saracens, 47 caps)
3 Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins, 33 caps)
4 Maro Itoje (Saracens, 36 caps)
5 George Kruis (Saracens, 43 caps)
6 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 83 caps)
7 Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 17 caps)
8 Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 21 caps)Finishers
16 Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, 22 caps)
17 Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 16 caps)
18 Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 1 cap)
19 Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 63 caps)
20 Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 13 caps)
21 Ben Earl (Saracens, 1 cap)
22 Willi Heinz (Gloucester Rugby, 11 caps)
23 Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 27 caps) -
@Bones I am a little underwhelmed by that selection. Too many players out of position. #candoajob
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@Catogrande I really like the balance of the backline, but I'm a fan of Joseph. The loose forwards? Meh. Sinckler and Kruis are going to be busy carrying.
@Bones I too am a fan of Joseph and reckon he's been a bit unlucky under Eddie. However I have serious doubts about him as a winger, especially up against a fired up and confident Irish team with good wingers. I'm with you on the loose forwards, the current selection weakens us at 8 and at 6 as well as upsetting the balance. Not. A. Fan.
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I seem to recall Joseph being a wing who covered centre when he first came along. Am I wrong?
Proof will be in the pudding but I think he'll do very well.
@Bones My memory (which I have to admit is pretty much shot) is that he has filled in at wing before and done OK-ish.
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Jonathan Joseph was a Wing at club level when he first played for London Irish about ten years ago. Been a Centre throughout his time at Bath since 2013. This will be his first Test start at Centre, but has covered the wing off the bench before.
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Jonathan Joseph was a Wing at club level when he first played for London Irish about ten years ago. Been a Centre throughout his time at Bath since 2013. This will be his first Test start at Centre, but has covered the wing off the bench before.
@sparky I think he was a centre but LI played him at wing for a short while to start off.
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England's to lose.
England by 7-11.
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Mmmmm Bono's special sauce
Tho, tbh, that looks like really badly made 2 mins noodles. What the fuck is the humongous ladle on his plate for?
@Machpants said in NH International Rugby:
Mmmmm Bono's special sauce
Whatever was in there it didn't help them play Rugby better. Ireland getting humped. England 17 Ireland 0.
https://twitter.com/robkitson/status/1231603747903754242?s=20
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@Higgins said in NH International Rugby:
Could be Italy's first points in yonks if they spilt the points for a "no result" match
Yep the last game they didn't lose was against the All Blacks, so this is a big chance for Italy to back that up with another excellent cancellation performance. Cancellation draws against two teams that have been ranked No 1 in the last 6 months or so is nothing to sneeze at. I think with more and more games cancelled due to the associated problems of climate change and the break down of society, Italy could really put itself at the forfront of this growing method of not losing rugby games.
They certainly showed the Scots how to do it in the RWC. Scotlands possible cancellation performance was amazingly more pathetic as their actual game performance against Japan.
