Borthwick dropped - EPS Squad 2010/11 announced - updated

[kingol22]

Players that will be ignored but called up
1. parling
2. kennedy
3. hartley
4. hipkiss
5. borthwick
6. A wild card, manu

[Bill W (2)]

Players that will be ignored but called up
1. parling
2. kennedy
3. hartley
4. hipkiss
5. borthwick
6. A wild card, manu

An excellent response.

1. If Parling is not in the EPS it will be a travesty of justice, but you could be right.

2,3,4 Maybe.

5. OMG no!!!!!!!

6. I like it!!!

[TTRITH]

What I don't understand is how Johnno is expected to pick form players and yet has to select players before even pre-season has begun. It is a stupid system, when is it up for renewal?

[kingol22]

May change when andrew is sacked.

[kornboy130]

With Cockers saying in the Merc he does not expect to make anymore signings here be the squad list so far as I can tell. This was pieced together from a list by TTRITH and it also features a few (predicted) academy promotions - many of which will spend the season on loan. Looking pretty tasty.



Prop:
Marcos Ayerza* - Arg
Peter Bucknall - Eng
Martin Castrogiovanni* - Ita
Dan Cole* - Eng
Johnny Harris - Eng
Boris Stankovich - Eng
Julian White* - Eng

Hooker:
George Chuter* - Eng
Joe Duffey - Eng
Rob Hawkins - Eng
Tom Youngs - Eng

Lock:
Richard Blaze - Eng
Louis Deacon* - Eng
Calum Green** - Eng
Dan Hemingway** - Eng
Geoff Parling* - Eng
George Skivington - Eng

Back Row:
Tom Armes - Eng
Jordan Crane* - Eng
Tom Croft* - Eng
Matt Everard - Eng
Craig Newby* - NZ
Ben Pienaar - Eng
Thomas Waldrom - NZ
Ben Woods - Eng

Scrum Half:
Harry Ellis* - Eng
James Grindal - Eng
Sam Harrison - Eng
Ben Youngs* - Eng

Fly Half:
Toby Flood* - Eng
George Ford** - Eng
Jeremy Staunton* - Ire

Centres:
Anthony Allen* - Eng
Andy Forsythe - Eng
Dan Hipkiss* - Eng
Matt Smith - Eng
Manu Tuilagi - Eng
Billy Twelvetrees - Eng

Wings:

Horica Agulla* - Arg
Lucas Amorosino* - Arg
Lee Robinson - Eng
Alesana Tuilagi* - Sam

Full Back:

Scott Hamilton* - NZ
Geordan Murphy* - Ire

* - International Player
** - 2010/2011 Academy Promotion

EQPs: 34
Internationals: 20
Total: 44

[voice of the crumbie]

May change when andrew is sacked.

Hopefully soon then but I fear we may have to suffer him until after the World Cup and even longer if we do well. One of the downsides of doing well at the World Cup.

[voice of the crumbie]

Getting closer to Cozza's ideal of an English squad. We have got to be the most English squad in the GP?

Forward planning for when the premier league introduces a £7m salary cap based on 60% English qualified players. Just like they are doing in France with French qualified players.

[TTRITH]

Only 5 of our boys in it.

http://www.rfu.com/News/2010/July/News% ... s_EPS.aspx

[LessThanSte]

No Borthwick, hurray!

But also no Dowson, nonsense. The rest looks ok!

[Daveyboy]

it also features a few (predicted) academy promotions - many of which will spend the season on loan.

Great list. Thanks.

Only George Ford makes me feel slightly uneasy. I think the Premiership would probably eat him alive based on performances that I saw last year.

[Tigerbeat]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_u ... 777828.stm



England elite player squad:

Forwards (18): T Payne (Wasps), A Sheridan (Sale), D Cole (Leicester), P Doran-Jones (Gloucester), D Wilson (Bath); G Chuter (Leicester), D Hartley (Northampton), S Thompson (Leeds); D Attwood (Gloucester), C Lawes (Northampton), T Palmer (Stade Francais), S Shaw (Wasps); T Croft (Leicester), N Easter (Harlequins), H Fourie (Leeds), J Haskell (Stade Francais), L Moody (Leicester), J Worsley (Wasps).

Backs (14): D Armitage (London Irish), B Foden (Northampton); C Ashton (Northampton), M Banahan (Bath), M Cueto (Sale), D Strettle (Harlequins); R Flutey (Brive), S Hape (Bath), M Tindall (Gloucester), D Waldouck (Wasps); T Flood (Leicester), J Wilkinson (Toulon); D Care (Harlequins), B Youngs (Leicester).

Spot the mistake

[Skin_and_Muscle]

Moody

[tigermad]

Surprised not to see Parling in the EPS as he is now a class act at lock. Strange to see Moody with Bath Rugby next to his name but life goes on.

[Darc Tiger]

Tigers 2010/2011 squad thread and EPS 2010/2011 squad thread have been merged for some reason. Dear God! We arent losing all of our players are we?!

5 Tigers in both the EPS and the Saxons.

I think we can just about handle that.
O & U!