Your England team for the 2012 6 nations

[PM76]

My side:

1. Corbisiero
2. Paice
3. Cole
4. Lawes
5. Parling/ Attwood/ Robson (should be Palmer)
6. Croft (C)
7. Wood
8. Robshaw/ Waldrom (Crane next season though)
9. Youngs/ Care (depending on form)
10. Flood
11. Sharples
12. Twelvetrees (better than Flutey, Hape and Barrit, he has also worked with Lancaster before)
13. Manu
14. Ashton
15. Foden
16. Hartley
17. Stevens
18. Parling/ Attwood/ Robson
19. Waldrom/ Robshaw
20. Care/ Youngs
21. Farrel
22. Trinder/ Wade

[Granby]

1. Corbs
2. Hartley
3. Stevens
4. Lawes
5. Robson or Attwood
6. Robshaw
7. Wood
8. Easter
9. Care
10. Farrell
11. Ashton
12. Barritt
13. Trinder
14. Sharples
15. Foden

And let them get on with it whilst we make up for lost time.

[hww27]

If its another fudge and paper over the cracks from the RFU and all about winning the next game as we so often hear and not planning for the future, i think they may go with.
1 Payne
2 Chuter
3Flatman
4 Grewcock (talked out of retirement)
5 Borthwick (capt)
6 Dowson
7Moody (talked out of retirement)
8 Easter
9 Perry
10 Wilkinson
11 Cueto
12 Hape
13 Tindal
14 Sackey
15 Balshaw

Very promising team, is there such a thing as 'too much flair'?

I think you're missing a trick though by not including Andy Goode and Ayoola Erinle. You've also ignored potentially the greatest English winger of all time, Phil Christophers.

Hey Erinle is doing really well at Notts at the minute When is the 6n just out of interest? February?

[Cardiff Tig]

waldrom should be nowhere near the england side now, a 29 yr old debut at number 8 is hardly building for the future!

[SpanishTiger]

If its another fudge and paper over the cracks from the RFU and all about winning the next game as we so often hear and not planning for the future, i think they may go with.
1 Payne
2 Chuter
3Flatman
4 Grewcock (talked out of retirement)
5 Borthwick (capt)
6 Dowson
7Moody (talked out of retirement)
8 Easter
9 Perry
10 Wilkinson
11 Cueto
12 Hape
13 Tindal
14 Sackey
15 Balshaw

That´s a risky selection, too much creativity in that backline, it might backfire. I would go for someone a little more defensive, to improve the defensive kicking of the backs, and also it would be wise to include one of those centers that run straight with the ball, crash and go to the ground with the ball all the time.

[TigerCam]

If its another fudge and paper over the cracks from the RFU and all about winning the next game as we so often hear and not planning for the future, i think they may go with.
1 Payne
2 Chuter
3Flatman
4 Grewcock (talked out of retirement)
5 Borthwick (capt)
6 Dowson
7Moody (talked out of retirement)
8 Easter
9 Perry
10 Wilkinson
11 Cueto
12 Hape
13 Tindal
14 Sackey
15 Balshaw

Oh! Tonyw what a team! Surely ou can't pick Chuter over Steve Thompson?

[ellis9]

1 Corbisiero
2 Hartley
3 Cole
4 Robson
5 Lawes
6 Croft (C)
7 Wood
8 Robshaw

9 Youngs
10 Flood
11 Wade
12 Farrell
13 Tuilagi
14 Ashton
15 Foden

A young team but still a very good one.

[Duncan B]

You seem to have put Englands best ever fly half in your joke team....awkward.

[Mo Leicester]

1. Marler
2. Hartley
3. Cole
4. Lawes
5. Parling
6. Croft (C)
7. Wood
8. Robshaw
9. Youngs
10. Flood
11. Sharples
12. Barritt
13. Tuilagi
14. Ashton
15. Foden
16. Paice
17. Stevens
18. Robson
19. Waldrom
20. Care
21. Farrell
22. Trinder

I'd like some more options at loose head and hooker - Marler and Hartley could prove a little volatile! However, I don't think either Corbisiero or Stevens scrumage well enough to be top internationals.

I think my team will win the six nations and that I will go on to be named England Team Manager for the next four years!

[tigerburnie]

I await the squad to be announced,I expect the "Carlings Old gentlemen" to pick the squad and probably the match team too.
So sadly the like of Hape and Tindall are still going to be there,I'd like to think there'd be some new talent,but it just isn't in Englands nature.Manu is likely to be the only youngster,as they go for experience(or stodge)
Wade will be called too inexperienced,Saxons for a few years yet.Now Johnnos gone I think we as Tigers fans will be pleased,but our players less so,I bet there's a cull of our players.Cole,Croft and Flood,with Ben Youngs just getting in on the bench,will be our lot I think.

[tonyw]

If its another fudge and paper over the cracks from the RFU and all about winning the next game as we so often hear and not planning for the future, i think they may go with.
1 Payne
2 Chuter
3Flatman
4 Grewcock (talked out of retirement)
5 Borthwick (capt)
6 Dowson
7Moody (talked out of retirement)
8 Easter
9 Perry
10 Wilkinson
11 Cueto
12 Hape
13 Tindal
14 Sackey
15 Balshaw

Oh! Tonyw what a team! Surely ou can't pick Chuter over Steve Thompson?

Would have done but sadly he could not be talked out of retirement this time.

[brooksey101]

1. Marler
2. Hartley
3. Cole
4. Lawes
5. Parling
6. Croft (C)
7. Wood
8. Robshaw
9. Youngs
10. Flood
11. Sharples
12. Barritt
13. Tuilagi
14. Ashton
15. Foden
16. Paice
17. Stevens
18. Robson
19. Waldrom
20. Care
21. Farrell
22. Trinder

I'd like some more options at loose head and hooker - Marler and Hartley could prove a little volatile! However, I don't think either Corbisiero or Stevens scrumage well enough to be top internationals.

I think my team will win the six nations and that I will go on to be named England Team Manager for the next four years!

Wow you think marler can scrummage at the top international level?! He got done over by tim payne last weekend! Corbs is good enough but just needs game time to cement his place in the team.

My team.

1. Corbs
2. Hartley
3. Cole
4, Lawes
5. Parling
6. Croft
7. Wood
8. Robshaw
9. Youngs
10. Flood
11. Sharples
12. Farrell
13. Tuilagi
14. Ashton
15. Foden

16. Stevens
17. Gray
18. Robson
19. Kevsic
20. Care
21. Trinder
22. Wade

[4071]

If its another fudge and paper over the cracks from the RFU and all about winning the next game as we so often hear and not planning for the future, i think they may go with.
1 Payne
2 Chuter
3Flatman
4 Grewcock (talked out of retirement)
5 Borthwick (capt)
6 Dowson
7Moody (talked out of retirement)
8 Easter
9 Perry
10 Wilkinson
11 Cueto
12 Hape
13 Tindal
14 Sackey
15 Balshaw

A truly awful selection. Flatman is a loosehead.
What's wrong with Duncan Bell at tighthead?

[iceman_19]

I await the squad to be announced,I expect the "Carlings Old gentlemen" to pick the squad and probably the match team too.
So sadly the like of Hape and Tindall are still going to be there,I'd like to think there'd be some new talent,but it just isn't in Englands nature.Manu is likely to be the only youngster,as they go for experience(or stodge)
Wade will be called too inexperienced,Saxons for a few years yet.Now Johnnos gone I think we as Tigers fans will be pleased,but our players less so,I bet there's a cull of our players.Cole,Croft and Flood,with Ben Youngs just getting in on the bench,will be our lot I think.

Of course the hope is that Lancaster and the gang will think - hey, we're only here for 5 games, let's chuck some new blood in and see what happens. Give the semi-experienced players such as Croft, Flood, Hartley and Foden the chance to step up and become the wise old heads (still keeping in mind none of them are older than 26!).

We can dream...

[Chobbsy]

[quote="Duncan B"]I would go with

1.Cole
2.Hartley
3.Sheridan
4.Lawes
5.Parling
6.Croft (C)
7.Wood
8.Waldrom
9.Youngs
10.Flood
11.Benjamin
12. Farrell
13.Tuilagi
14.Filth-ton
15.Foden

16.Mears
17.Corbisero
18.Palmer
19.Robshaw
20.Care
21.Wilkinson
22.Armitage[/quote]

Cole at loose and Sheridan at tight????