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Mixed news for England that Fasobgon did a number on Baxter last night.

TH is starting to look encouraging with Stuart upping his game and big strong youngsters emerging.

Less so at LH. Genge seldom lives up to his reputation, while Baxter and Rodd definitely need to improve their scrummaging. I really can understand why England are interested in AOF there.
 
Mixed news for England that Fasobgon did a number on Baxter last night.

TH is starting to look encouraging with Stuart upping his game and big strong youngsters emerging.

Less so at LH. Genge seldom lives up to his reputation, while Baxter and Rodd definitely need to improve their scrummaging. I really can understand why England are interested in AOF there.
Idk, I this this is an overreaction - Baxter has been really solid and improving for a couple of years now. Fasogbon getting a game over him doesn't change that, especially given he's had plenty poor scrummaging showings himself.
 
Baxter didn't have a good game but actually, in typical hype train fashion, I thought the commentators largely created the narrative that it was Fasogbon winning all the scrum penalties. To me it looked like the main issue was Knight dominating Kerrod on the other side of the scrum. Baxter seemed to have more of a problem with Gotovtsev, although some of that was interesting/generous reffing.

Fasogbon left with an unfortunate ankle/foot injury so I doubt he will be available for the 6N anyway.
 
Idk, I this this is an overreaction - Baxter has been really solid and improving for a couple of years now. Fasogbon getting a game over him doesn't change that, especially given he's had plenty poor scrummaging showings himself.

Baxter's definitely worth investing in, but it's not just that though. It's up a notch, but he had scrum struggles in NZ and the AI too. Those are high standards, but that's the international game.

Not overhyping Fasogbon but he definitely had the upper hand last night. And is 2 years younger. Until he went off it had been a good night for him.

They're both young. To succeed at the top level they'll need to be consistent, if not outright dominant, in the scrum. They have plenty of time, but aren't there yet.
 
Feature in today's Times on The Next Big Thing Pollock.

One of the stats used was Prem tackle completion rate where he ranks pretty high. Didn't say anything about % dominant etc, but that table's topped by Isiekwe who I think is consistently underrated for not being a highlight reel player.
 

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