England team:
15:M.Brown
14:A.Watson
13:J.Joseph
12:O.Farrell
11:J.Nowell
10:G.Ford
9:B.Youngs
8:B.Vunipola
7:J.Haskell
6:C.Robshaw
5:G.Kruis
4:C.Lawes
3:D.Cole
2.D.Hartley
1:M.Vunipola
Reps: George,Marler,Hill,Launchbury,Itoje,Clifford,Care,Goode
6-2 split on the bench interesting..cannot wait to see Itoje start his England career
Italy v England teams
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Re: Italy v England teams
Its a good team and should have enough to win in Rome.
Signs that EJ is beginning to experiment with debutants, but no wholesale changes which is sensible.
Itoje really excites me. Quite possibly England's new Martin Johnson and England Captain. He is callow, and he will make mistakes, but he's a super player.
Signs that EJ is beginning to experiment with debutants, but no wholesale changes which is sensible.
Itoje really excites me. Quite possibly England's new Martin Johnson and England Captain. He is callow, and he will make mistakes, but he's a super player.
“It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.” Sir Winston Churchill.
Re: Italy v England teams
Lets hope the backrow is a bit more switched on and faster this week. Great defensively, Haskell made more tackles than Roberts but not one turnover won last week hence the lack of pace for the back line. Itoje and Clifford should speed things up when the get on the paddock.
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Re: Italy v England teams
While I am also looking forward to seeing how Itoje goes I feel for Devoto, dropping out of the 23 altogether. I think he could have made an impression against Italy coming on with 20 to go.
Re: Italy v England teams
Devoto, Beaumont and Kvesic will feature in this tournament at some point, just not it seems against Italy.AidanMcDowell wrote:While I am also looking forward to seeing how Itoje goes I feel for Devoto, dropping out of the 23 altogether. I think he could have made an impression against Italy coming on with 20 to go.
“It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.” Sir Winston Churchill.
Re: Italy v England teams
Bit of an odd bench with 2 locks and no wing/centre
Re: Italy v England teams
I suppose Brown would move to wing and Nowell to 13 if required interesting selection in that we have 23 players only 1 of whom regularly plays centre for his club.mol2 wrote:Bit of an odd bench with 2 locks and no wing/centre
I suppose we could pick someone who plays 6 for his club and pitch him at 12, but no one would be that daft surely.