England team to face Fiji
England: Smith; May, Marchant, Tuilagi, Daly; Farrell (capt), Mitchell; Genge, George, Cole, Itoje, Chessum, Lawes, Curry, Earl.
Replacements: Dan, Marler, Sinckler, Martin, Vunipola, Care, Ford, Lawrence.
I think Marchant has already come good. Not the defensive leader that JJ was, but no fool. Him and Ollie in the centre (Manu will break) could be great, if only they'd get the ball half a second quicker, and running on to it not static
Aside from the slight suspicion that he is the secret love child of Tim Nice But Dim, I'm happy he's getting a go
In fact anybody at 12 apart from Farrell gets my vote (inc TNBD)
Well it's offical now
From RFU website
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) will now conclude the long-term work it has been undertaking on coach succession planning with changes set to be announced in the near future. In the interim, Richard Cockerill will take over the day to day running of the...
I'm fed up with all this fixation on weight and bulking up. Iain Balshaw was a good example. Built like a whippet but had a fluid rangey running style that would get him out of trouble and round most people instead of bashing into them.
Told to bulk up, which he did, and promptly lost all his...
TEAM
1. Ellis Genge (VC)
2. Jamie George
3. Will Stuart
4. Charlie Ewels
5. Nick Isiekwe
6. Maro Itoje
7. Tom Curry
8. Alex Dombrandt
9. Harry Randall
10. Marcus Smith
11. Jack Nowell
12. Henry Slade (VC)
13. Joe Marchant
14. Max Malins
15. Freddie Steward
Finishers
16. Luke Cowan-Dickie (VC)...
Starting XV: F Steward (Leicester); M Malins (Saracens), E Daly (Saracens), H Slade (Exeter), J Marchant (Harlequins); M Smith (Harlequins), B Youngs (Leicester); E Genge (Leicester), L Cowan-Dickie (Exeter), K Sinckler (Bristol); M Itoje (Saracens), N Isiekwe (Saracens); L Ludlam (Northampton)...
ENGLAND TEAM
1. Bevan Rodd
2. Jamie Blamire
3. Kyle Sinckler
4. Maro Itoje
5. Jonny Hill
6. Courtney Lawes
7. Sam Underhill
8. Tom Curry
9. Ben Youngs
10. Marcus Smith
11. Jonny May
12. Manu Tuilagi
13. Henry Slade
14. Joe Marchant
15. Freddie Steward
FINISHERS
16. Nic Dolly
17. Joe Marler
18...
The Ref (and 15 English and 12 or 13 Welsh on the pitch and 99% of those watching elsewhere) thought the ball would be going into the corner for an attacking line out, and so it didn't really matter where or if the English team were set or ready
Kudos to Biggar and Adams for thinking about the...