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<blockquote data-quote="Crapspray" data-source="post: 559937" data-attributes="member: 58918">A small part of me hopes that both Barritt and Tuilagi go on the Lions tour, though it&#039;s unlikely to happen. I really don&#039;t like the thought that England&#039;s defence is so reliant on one particular player, (in the same way England&#039;s attack is far too reliant on Manu) if it is true that he&#039;s the lynchpin. To be fair to Barritt, he played much better against Scotland when he wasn&#039;t just a dummy-runner for Tuilagi.Has Armitage ever shown a want to play for England? He&#039;s certainly playing well and it isn&#039;t exactly a rare thing to see his name mentioned in an England article, so what&#039;s stopping him moving back to an English club? Contract? Money? I seem to remember reading that he annoyed the Johnson management as well, which must have taken some doing, perhaps explaining why he hasn&#039;t been included yet.Having said that, why Tom Palmer and James Haskell got special treatment and Armitage doesn&#039;t I&#039;ll never understand. I suppose that&#039;s the wonderful world of the RFU for you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crapspray, post: 559937, member: 58918"] A small part of me hopes that both Barritt and Tuilagi go on the Lions tour, though it's unlikely to happen. I really don't like the thought that England's defence is so reliant on one particular player, (in the same way England's attack is far too reliant on Manu) if it is true that he's the lynchpin. To be fair to Barritt, he played much better against Scotland when he wasn't just a dummy-runner for Tuilagi. Has Armitage ever shown a want to play for England? He's certainly playing well and it isn't exactly a rare thing to see his name mentioned in an England article, so what's stopping him moving back to an English club? Contract? Money? I seem to remember reading that he annoyed the Johnson management as well, which must have taken some doing, perhaps explaining why he hasn't been included yet. Having said that, why Tom Palmer and James Haskell got special treatment and Armitage doesn't I'll never understand. I suppose that's the wonderful world of the RFU for you. [/QUOTE]

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