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Cips wanted to be in England if he made the England squad. Otherwise he was leaving Wasps, unless Wasps bettered those Japanese and French clubs. So Dai Young had 2 choices. Wait until the summer, and there's no one available, to see if Danny could stay (and not have him qualify for the 2nd...

Got to half time, may stop for now and carry on later. So far he's definitely on track for getting to enough rucks, slight question on his strength/impact, but his pace is certainly helping a lot in getting him there first, very useful. He does try to get out to the wings on attack, and for...

Every other traditional 7 can do what Robshaw can do, but faster. Robshaw won us a lot of turnovers in the last few games, his problem is his pace. Haskell is almost incapable of turnovers, and is also definitely due an upgrade. But the work they do will still exist, and still needs doing...

But you can't just say everyone else should do more, it doesn't work that way. Those attacking rucks will need to be cleared, or they will be turned, as we saw in the Scotland game. Sinckler hit 10 attacking rucks against Ireland. He's not going to be able to double that number, without...

So the Quins game should be a fair representation for me to watch then?

OK, so I could watch the Sale Quins game, that has 93 attacking rucks (Bath game only has 70 or so), and expect a decent showing? To be at a similar rate to Hask/Robshaw I'd expect him to hit maybe 19/20 rucks in attack. He made plenty of tackles too, so that's good. Not a strong game on the...

Agreed. That's why we need BV or Hughes back (not that either of them particularly lack for workrate, they just direct their energy into carries). However rucks are always going to be there, and always need clearing, a luxury player can help with that and improve that, if they are a big...

Well if all the other players can do it, why haven't they been? Linking our attacking play won't stop Scotland or France turning us over repeatedly. If he's the support player, he needs to be getting in the rucks, securing ball. We've seen what happens when we have a luxury player in the...

Willis is definitely a potential, though still young, would like to see what happens to him when 2nd season syndrome kicks in. Can only talk about his Quins game numbers, but there he had 17 carries, 16 tackles, 4 defenders beaten, 48 ruck involvements, 5 turnovers, 2 lineouts. An insane amount...

Eddie and England need a 6 and 7 that both clear out rucks. That's how they play. I don't expect anyone to watch the game for me, but it would be nice if someone could tell me a game to watch, where Curry is particularly busy in the ruck. I watched the Sarries game and didn't notice it...

Who do we have in the team that can do that, and who do we have available that's better? Lawes was massively poor in the breakdown, so please don't suggest him. He did the flashy things, but I'd guess the basics were missing. I'm sure we should just tell Sanderson that Saracens are doing it...

When I've watched him, that's very much been his role. I've asked a fair few people, a fair few times, if you can point me to a game where he's used tighter in, and clearing a lot of rucks, please tell me which one and I'll watch it.

Typically you're not going to be clearing out props on the wing, but rather backs, in addition, it's generally going to be front foot ball and therefore easily supportable. Haskell and Robshaw both hit over 30 rucks in attack against Ireland, including some powerful hits. Curry needs to show...

Can you give me some games/times when he's been particularly effective? I don't watch a huge number of Sale games, but the few I have, have seen him on the wing, and not massively involved or required for lots of smashing.

EJ needs to be interested in his ability to repeatedly clear rucks on our attacking ball. We've spent nearly 2 years barely concerning ourselves with turning over opposition ball, and apart from Lawes at 6, focusing on securing our own. Pace is important and very useful, but he needs to shift...

Sale really don't use the current Curry in a way that boosts his England chances. He's stuck out on the wing, ready to support fast breaks, whilst Ross is performing a more England style 7 role. It's going to make it hard for him to push for recognition.

Our pack has been poor as a unit. Hartley works very hard, Cole I agree has been pretty useless. Itoje has been playing as a lock should, and he's been doing it well, Sanderson made the same point, less flash stuff, more proper lock stuff, Launchbury underwent the same transformation a few...

It's not all about hitting rucks with power though. You can smash a ruck, but end up clearing the player, and yourself, clean off the ruck, and effectively achieve nothing. I don't believe there was a single ruck where he didn't put in sufficient effort. Yes, we've been bossed in the breakdown...

You can only arguably replace one of your backrow each game, Robshaw has a superb engine, that McCaw was losing towards the end of his career. Balance was definitely off with Lawes at 6 though.

Robshaw hit more rucks than any other England player, Haskell just behind, and arguably slightly more effective. By my count Robshaw also carried more than any other forward than Mako, and was acceptable at it. His workrate was unmatched by any other starter, Haskell 2nd. Itoje has been far...