England v Wales

[Duluth]

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/jamie-george-to-lead-england-in-six-nations-opener-vs-wales/
15 Freddie Steward, 14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 13 Tommy Freeman, 12 Fraser Dingwall, 11 Henry Arundell, 10 George Ford, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Guy Pepper, 5 Ollie Chessum, 4 Alex Coles, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Jamie George (c), 1 Ellis Genge

Reserves: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Bevan Rodd, 18 Trevor Davison, 19 Maro Itoje, 20 Tom Curry, 21 Henry Pollock, 22 Ben Spencer, 23 Marcus Smith

[MiketheSnow]

Shit

[mariner4life]

Itoje, Curry, Pollock and Smith off the bench? oof good luck Wales

[Duluth]

I like the confidence of the early team naming. Similar to the Boks. Treating the 23 as a state secret is a sign of weakness

[Catogrande]

I'm not convinced with Steward at 15. He's rock under the high ball and hits hard in the collisions but can he make those one on one tackles - ie actually get to them. Plus having the turing circle of an oil tanker is a problem.

Other than that I'm pretty happy with that squad. The bench should make a significant difference later in the day.

[Tim]

Wales paying $15 at the TAB. Spread 28.5 pts.

[MiketheSnow]

That’s way too generous