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I've looked into it quite a bit, this is a little excerpt of a talk about how dominant England really were:

"We've had a few days to reflect on the performances of the weekend and people have been throwing the word "smashed" around when it comes to England's victory over the Welsh. But can a 5 point victory ever be considered a smashing? That's the topic of today's blog as we ask the question, just how good were England against Wales, and conversely just how bad were Wales against England?

The English shut down the Welsh physicality with a powerful scrum and a dominant defensive performance. Robshaw's gritty and determined 24 tackles was the largest amount of tackles in the round, which is very impressive considering how many tackles the Italians were forced into making. The English set pieces were very good as well, aside from a rare couple of poor throws from Dylan Hartley, and at one stage a scrum that was too good, and led to the Welsh try. Let's talk about that try briefly, as it will help set up what I believe is a more telling score line of the game, rather than the actual one that didn't reflect the English dominance."

Find the rest here: http://fourballsblog.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/just-how-good-were-england-against-wales.html
 
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If Joseph makes himself undroppable, I think you have to try Tuilagi-Joseph again. Not saying it will work, but it pretty much has to be tried.

I think it could though. We're a long way removed from South Africa 2012, where we were much on the back foot and Joseph could produce nothing. Tuilagi's fine at 12 to a point. He won't produce the same stunning breaks, as he does need the space of 13 for that, but he will make yards and set a midfield target all day long. The real issue is whether the guys beyond him see the ball. I'd like to think they could work something out there. It might require a better distributing full-back than Brown though and on that note...

Yes, Brown is one of the first names on the team-sheet right now. He's going through a slightly quiet patch atm for my money, and is a bit selfish on his best days, but I think it's pretty clear he has Lancaster's trust. Personally I make him a little lucky, but there we go, he is definitely good enough for international level.
 
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I was told by a mod that I could do what I am currently doing. I'm giving you information relevant to the discussion and linking to more in depth discussion, as I have said before my blog isn't monetised, I gain nothing from you visiting apart from that it looks good on the website, the structure is more clear and there are pictures aiding the argument that I can't transfer over here.
 
I was told by a mod that I could do what I am currently doing. I'm giving you information relevant to the discussion and linking to more in depth discussion, as I have said before my blog isn't monetised, I gain nothing from you visiting apart from that it looks good on the website, the structure is more clear and there are pictures aiding the argument that I can't transfer over here.

Which MOD was that then? Because you're not really contributing to the discussion by doing what you're doing, you're just link baiting.

Regardless a number of people have said please don't do it... do you not understand it's annoying?

Like i said a few people on here write blogs/or have their own websites but don't feel the need to spam every single thread with a link back to them. Put it all in one place, i get shed loads of hits by just posting it in one thread and you're less likely to get people blocking you because of spam.

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you're not allowed links in your signature - that's why i removed mine.
 
I just genuinely don't know how it was missed by literally every member of the Welsh staff/medical staff in the stadium. Every time there was a break in play they played it on the TV, so I presume it made it's way to the big screen at the MilStad. Did no one catch it out of the corner of their eye?

It does smack of them trying to head trouble off at the pass.
 
I just genuinely don't know how it was missed by literally every member of the Welsh staff/medical staff in the stadium. Every time there was a break in play they played it on the TV, so I presume it made it's way to the big screen at the MilStad. Did no one catch it out of the corner of their eye?

They were 100% on the big screen for a decent amount of time (the kick to the face and the clash of heads) I was there . It was the only way I would have seen it considering the amount of beer that was on board ! Lol
 
The kick to the head I can understand - he went straight off and had his concussion assessment. He passed this, so was allowed back onto the pitch and looked fine.
The head clash with Hibbard, however - it wasn't even a big hit, but he was spark out instantly (so he was obviously concussed from earlier) and then looked out of it for the rest of the game.
I'm glad it's been picked up by the press. Questions need to be asked, and more importantly need to be answered, about this situation.
 
I just genuinely don't know how it was missed by literally every member of the Welsh staff/medical staff in the stadium. Every time there was a break in play they played it on the TV, so I presume it made it's way to the big screen at the MilStad. Did no one catch it out of the corner of their eye?
Well, the replay would have probably happened during the time that the medical team were attending to North. And I guess the coaching staff didn't know that the medical staff didn't know, so just thought to trust the judgement of the medical staff?
 
The kick to the head I can understand - he went straight off and had his concussion assessment. He passed this, so was allowed back onto the pitch and looked fine.

he went off at the refs request though didn't he?

The head clash with Hibbard, however - it wasn't even a big hit, but he was spark out instantly (so he was obviously concussed from earlier) and then looked out of it for the rest of the game.
I'm glad it's been picked up by the press. Questions need to be asked, and more importantly need to be answered, about this situation.

even if he hadn't been knocked out the fact he went down with a head knock for a second time in the same game should have told them everything really.
 
There's a video on youtube about an amateur kickboxer who took a head injury that caused concussion, but he wasn't pulled from the fight and later died. A referee with "decades of experience", the ringside doctor and the fighter's corner all missed some fairly obvious signs that things weren't right. It is very worrying if North was concussed that he was allowed to continue, because that is the extreme that can happen. With so many people watching, there is little excuse for this to happen. I'm worried that it's because the balance of responsibility lies with too few people (e.g. the Welsh management don't get involved because it is a medical matter, no one questions the person attending to North because they don't want to question the professional and assume that they know what they are doing etc.). Perhaps the TMO should have an added responsibility to communicate any players falling unconscious to the medical teams, just as a safeguard against it being missed.
 
Is Tuilagi any worse at distribution than Burrell? Surprisingly for me, it's Burrell's defence which worries me, he just seems to be in the wrong place too often as seen against Roberts for the Saints in Europe.

I think it's fair enough for Lancaster to keep an unchanged team for Italy though and at least give him another run at it. 12T can cover Burrell and when Manu is back he can fight it out with JJ for the 13 shirt.
 
he went off at the refs request though didn't he?



even if he hadn't been knocked out the fact he went down with a head knock for a second time in the same game should have told them everything really.

The Welsh medics are now doing a Wenger and saying they did not see the second incident but if they had......
 
Is Tuilagi any worse at distribution than Burrell? Surprisingly for me, it's Burrell's defence which worries me, he just seems to be in the wrong place too often as seen against Roberts for the Saints in Europe.

I think it's fair enough for Lancaster to keep an unchanged team for Italy though and at least give him another run at it. 12T can cover Burrell and when Manu is back he can fight it out with JJ for the 13 shirt.

Burrell is a brilliant distributer, just because he is big people assume he doesn't pass.

He has a very good long and short passing game and at the saints is often a play maker.

Tuilagi just doesn't pass, when he played 12 in South Africa he didn't actually pass at all the whole game.....

Burrell is a 12 and tuilagi is a 13, can't really compare them for their clubs and they at a very different style.
 
Which MOD was that then? Because you're not really contributing to the discussion by doing what you're doing, you're just link baiting.

Regardless a number of people have said please don't do it... do you not understand it's annoying?

Like i said a few people on here write blogs/or have their own websites but don't feel the need to spam every single thread with a link back to them. Put it all in one place, i get shed loads of hits by just posting it in one thread and you're less likely to get people blocking you because of spam.

No I do get it, I am cutting down, I have apologized as well because I know how annoying it must be. Where would you recommend I put my stuff then? Under one discussion about my articles?
 
Burrell is a brilliant distributer, just because he is big people assume he doesn't pass.

He has a very good long and short passing game and at the saints is often a play maker.

Tuilagi just doesn't pass, when he played 12 in South Africa he didn't actually pass at all the whole game.....

Burrell is a 12 and tuilagi is a 13, can't really compare them for their clubs and they at a very different style.

^^ pretty much this.

I wouldn't say he was a brilliant distributor but he's good enough, in fact Burrells decision making on ball is pretty good - point in case the Watson try, and some of his offloads on Friday were excellent - if only mike Brown had held a wider line he'd have probably scored off Burrells intercept and break.

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No I do get it, I am cutting down, I have apologized as well because I know how annoying it must be. Where would you recommend I put my stuff then? Under one discussion about my articles?

It's up to you mate, sorry not meaning to have a go it's great you are doing a blog and you should be encouraged, I've read some of the things you've posted and found it interesting.

I don't think anyone really minds the occasional link, as long as you're not trying to lead the discussion to your blog every time which is how it feels right now.

Personally I started a "Rugby Analysis" thread and put all mine there (my website is primarily video analysis), your welcome to put them in there, but i try to put other things in there so it's not all me - posts stuff by Kinsella and Morgan and anything else i find.

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The Welsh medics are now doing a Wenger and saying they did not see the second incident but if they had......

Brian Moore said on talksport it was replayed in slow mo on the main screen - maybe the physio didn't see it, but sure as hell eveyrone else including the coaches and analysts saw it 5-6 times
 
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I would have to back to my recording but I am pretty sure that there was an audible gasp in the stadium when it was shown
 
Personally I think there should be a rule that regardless of concussion test, if you have sustained multiple significant knocks to the head, you should not be allowed back on the field.
The system needs such additional protocols because by their very nature, players are competitors and will desperately want to get back onto the field, and thus more likely to emphasize that they're ok. Medical staff need to be able to manage the expectations of players who want to get back on the field straight away.

For anyone interested, there was a program on BBC radio 4 last night about concussion in sport, called something like 'Spoil Sports' - interesting and alarming stuff.
 
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