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is 2024 that important that we should play both Marler and Cole again?
I feel one or the other to give some experience
I feel one or the other to give some experience
True, but i will is if he can handle himself in the scrum to dominate Marler, even for 10 min he deserves a bench shot for club. Given how athletic and powerful he looked in the loose the guy could be a real asset. If he is consistantly good enough at the scrum then for a prop he deserves his chance.The very distant future. The kid's 19 with involvement in just 2 Prem matches.
A talent for sure, but he's got several rite of passage stuffings to endure before we can properly talk about him in this thread. I suspect he'll get one of those from Marler if they meet again in a remotely competitive match.
EDIT: Opoku and Marler were only on the pitch for 10 minutes together so pretty hard to form anything other than a cursory view in that timeframe.
Unless you're young enough that your bones haven't finished fusing, and are physically incapable of taking the pressure of too many first class scums - so, under about 22 yoa.If your good enough your old enough.
Is that a thing? Its not something im aware of, though i cant see why i would be.Unless you're young enough that your bones haven't finished fusing, and are physically incapable of taking the pressure of too many first class scums - so, under about 22 yoa.
Yup - see my edit - originally posted donkey's years ago, before I had an account on this site.Is that a thing? Its not something im aware of, though i cant see why i would be.
It is definitely a thing, and it's something that rugby needs to pay proper attention to in the front 3, possibly the front 5Is that a thing? Its not something im aware of, though i cant see why i would be.
You could say the same for the three I mentioned over a much longer period of time than Sleightholme. If he could put together a run of games and consistently maintain his form, my opinion might be different, but I genuinely don't recall him playing more than a handful of consecutive games in his entire Saints career mostly through injury but partly selection (happy to be corrected on that though).Yes because i think he a fast direct powerful try scorer. He is a very god finisher. His big issue is the injuries...but if he can stop those then hes a class winger.
I thought he same. IIRC, Fasogbon was playing tighthead.Didn't Asher Opoku play mainly at loosehead for the u20s? He put the squeeze on Marler vs Quins at tighthead so I have no idea which is his preferred.
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is 2024 that important that we should play both Marler and Cole again?
I feel one or the other to give some experience
I thought he same. IIRC, Fasogbon was playing tighthead.
Impressive that he seems to have switched sides and is effective to the point of impressing Marler.
As an aside, maybe this is something our age grade coaches are looking at for our up and coming props. Baxter was a tighthead but has now switched to being a loosehead and Brantingham has played 1 and 3 for Falcons. It could be total coincidence, but with Opoku Fordjour doing something similar, it feels like there's a bit of a pattern.
ThisUntil Ollie Slightholme starts over Ramm and Freeman consistently he shouldn't really be in the England conversation.
Freeman is much more rounded as is Murley.
I hope it is. There's no reason why most props can't at least be adequate on both sides - except for not training / playing both. What you get pigeon holed as at 14 isn't necessarily what you're best at at 25.
Hes only just back from injury in January...hes started pretty well.Until Ollie Slightholme starts over Ramm and Freeman consistently he shouldn't really be in the England conversation.
Freeman is much more rounded as is Murley.
He has started well yes but freeman and Ramm (who is actually English qualified) have been more consistent and better for the last season or so.Hes only just back from injury in January...hes started pretty well.
I'm predicting:I'd also maybe guess we might just see Watson and Daly on the wings with the risk adverse SB but we shall see.
He has started well yes but freeman and Ramm (who is actually English qualified) have been more consistent and better for the last season or so.
I love Ollie S as well by the way, but for me he's got a lot to prove until he
I'd also maybe guess we might just see Watson and Daly on the wings with the risk adverse SB but we shall see.