England Six Nations Squad 2025

[Saintjay]

What's the line from Gladiator something like "People should know when there conquered".

Being better at the sport that we gave the masses is just bloody rude.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Not sure it's "everyone".
Just Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Australia.

Don't think it's us anymore at all, the reverse actually. Probably have to go back to the Kidney days for Ireland's best performance in a calendar year being against England and 2021 for that to apply to the 6n. England have consistently raised their game to play us over the past few years.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Don't think it's us anymore at all, the reverse actually. Probably have to go back to the Kidney days for Ireland's best performance in a calendar year being against England and 2021 for that to apply to the 6n. England have consistently raised their game to play us over the past few years.

Nothing to do with green shirts and everything to do with the psychology powers of Ewels and Steward.

This year's win was the only one in the last 5 where we haven't had a losing margin of at least 13. So if that's raising our game…..

 

[BPM]

It's a good narrative, but is that really a thing now, bar perhaps the first 5 minutes after the anthems? Maybe more for the fans than the players, although that might filter through a bit?

If Wal are bang up for it, its probably more because they'll be desperate to salvage something from their championship rather than the opposition being in white shirts.

For Wales and Scotland it definitely is. The only reason it's not so much for Ireland these days is because they are good enough to beat us without being fuelled by hate.

The Scots are too at the moment, but they're still annoyed about Longshanks.

 

[Rugbyfan564]

'Sam Underhill is now a major doubt to play any part in the Six Nations, with Bath confirming that the England flanker requires surgery on his ankle' Nkt sure he will ever play for England again.

Meanwhile Ollie Chessum is set to skip the training camp to get more playing minutes. Not sure that's the best idea.

 

[Jimbo]

Feels like it's mainly Scotland in the six nations who love the English scalp, that for sure filtered down to the players in the last decade, Hogg insufferable at times, outside of that Australia were fairly desperate as we'd had their no since our home WC group exit in 2015, the recent loss to them might have diminished that for a while.

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

Feels like it's mainly Scotland in the six nations who love the English scalp, that for sure filtered down to the players in the last decade, Hogg insufferable at times, outside of that Australia were fairly desperate as we'd had their no since our home WC group exit in 2015, the recent loss to them might have diminished that for a while.

Speaking of Hogg, I think his attitude went beyond just being anti-English as shown by his recent issues...

 

[Geordie]

Ok so back row...

8:
Willis firing...surely starts at 8.

6
CCS v Curry v curve ball - Kenningham (Yes I know hes really a 7)

7
Earl v Pepper.

Or do you see it differently ...Pearson?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

CCS has dropped down the pecking order at Quins hasn't he?

I wouldn't be surprised at T.Curry, Earl, Willis and CCS on the bench, but B.Curry is in significantly better form than Tom and Earl

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

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CCS has dropped down the pecking order at Quins hasn't he?

I wouldn't be surprised at T.Curry, Earl, Willis and CCS on the bench, but B.Curry is in significantly better form than Tom and Earl

Willis and B Curry definitely in form, but genuinely don't know what SB will do. Suspect he wouldn't want to start both v Ire on international experience grounds.

 

[Rugbyfan564]

With the new contracts already causing issues with IFW I can't see others on them not being used on the basis of form.

 

[BPM]

CCS has dropped down the pecking order at Quins hasn't he?

I wouldn't be surprised at T.Curry, Earl, Willis and CCS on the bench, but B.Curry is in significantly better form than Tom and Earl

CCS had a couple of ropes games and looked tired/out of sorts. Chisholm came in, played really well and has kept the shirt. I doubt it's a long term thing of 'dropping down the pecking order', but we have great options and Wilson has picked on form.

 

[BPM]

Ok so back row...

8:
Willis firing...surely starts at 8.

6
CCS v Curry v curve ball - Kenningham (Yes I know hes really a 7)

7
Earl v Pepper.

Or do you see it differently ...Pearson?

Yes lad.

Kenners is a 6.5 in the time-honoured tradition of his dad Chris Robshaw.

Joking aside, he's just a very good flanker who has a bit of everything, including a great attitude. Obviously I might be wrong, but we could throw him in against Ireland and he's the sort of guy that would already look like he's got 30 caps. As I said before, he reminds me of Mark Wilson. I would 100% have him in the squad and if he's given a shot, he will surprise people.

 

[BPM]

Feels like it's mainly Scotland in the six nations who love the English scalp, that for sure filtered down to the players in the last decade, Hogg insufferable at times, outside of that Australia were fairly desperate as we'd had their no since our home WC group exit in 2015, the recent loss to them might have diminished that for a while.

And not the Welsh? You sure about that?

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

And not the Welsh? You sure about that?

Obviously there's some history, but as far as the players are concerned it can't be much more than another game.

In the professional era, emotion is dialled down as it's a bar to discipline, execution and process. The players all know each other anyway - most of the Welsh team play for Gloucester and being professional means that you don't get head to head coal miner vs city trader class wars. Some might thrive off slights to their forebears of several generations ago, but the days of Phil Bennett rhetoric are gone. Maybe there's a bit more feeling in the stands, for the majority 'hatred' is probably more pantomime than vitriol. These days it's not like the players or fans just leave their locality once a year, people now routinely travel for work and play.