England vs Australia (13/11)

[BPM]

I think that's giving too much credit to Hooper and not enough to Tuilagi. Run that play 10x and (if it's executed well), Tuilagi gets through on 5 of them I reckon. Honours even.

 

[Sorp111]

I post on here about once every five years (long term lurker) but have felt the need to shout WHAT THE F**** is EJ doing. Thank you.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

@TRF_Olyy

One for you

"Manu has got zillions of caps and I don't think he cares where he gets them to be honest," said Sanderson.

"I'm sure it's not a case of Manu staying on the wing for the whole game. There's going to be some Eddie Jones-style tactics which will incorporate him as the lead runner or even a dummy runner.

"I think they will use him smartly, particularly with the distributors that they've got at 10, 12 and 13.

"That's going to be quite exciting to watch. I'm really interested to see how it goes. Who knows, he might be playing on the wing for us in the future if it works out."

Sanderson to start playing Curry at 8 and Manu at 14 for Sale pls

 

[Reiser99]

Just had an idea. Can we get a vomit emoji for anything related to Eddie Jones' selections?

 

[TRF_Olyy]

@TRF_Olyy

One for you

"Manu has got zillions of caps and I don't think he cares where he gets them to be honest," said Sanderson.

"I'm sure it's not a case of Manu staying on the wing for the whole game. There's going to be some Eddie Jones-style tactics which will incorporate him as the lead runner or even a dummy runner.

"I think they will use him smartly, particularly with the distributors that they've got at 10, 12 and 13.

"That's going to be quite exciting to watch. I'm really interested to see how it goes. Who knows, he might be playing on the wing for us in the future if it works out."

Sanderson to start playing Curry at 8 and Manu at 14 for Sale pls

Probably faster than Yade and McGuigan tbf

 

[Scotty]

If you havent seen it


England starting XV:

15. Freddie Steward (Leicester)
14. Manu Tuilagi (Sale)
13. Henry Slade (Exeter)
12. Owen Farrell (capt, Saracens)
11. Jonny May (Gloucester)
10. Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
9. Ben Youngs (Leicester)
1. Ellis Genge (Leicester)
2. Jamie George (Saracens)
3. Kyle Sinckler (Bristol)
4. Maro Itoje (Saracens)
5. Jonny Hill (Exeter)
6. Courtney Lawes (Northampton)
7. Sam Underhill (Bath)
8. Tom Curry (Sale)

Replacements: Jamie Blamire (Newcastle), Bevan Rodd (Sale), Will Stuart (Bath), Charlie Ewels (Bath), Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins), Sam Simmonds (Exeter), Raffi Quirke (Sale), Max Malins (Saracens).

15 yes
14 WTF
13 Yes
12 why?!
11 yes
10 yes
9 Okay i suppose given Quirkes first cap

Faz will prevent any Smith flare from coming through.

Manu Slade combo works but at 13.

Manu on the Wing? Malins has played great there recently and Manu just hasnt played there,

The issue is we and EJ wants Smith starting...but is backed into a corner as Faz is the captain. But i just expect put him in for Radwan and just push everyone else up a number....but i guess thats what he dod to get lawes at 6...


Was so happy when i saw that Steward was at 15

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

15 yes
14 WTF
13 Yes
12 why?!
11 yes
10 yes
9 Okay i suppose given Quirkes first cap

Faz will prevent any Smith flare from coming through.

Manu Slade combo works but at 13.

Manu on the Wing? Malins has played great there recently and Manu just hasnt played there,

The issue is we and EJ wants Smith starting...but is backed into a corner as Faz is the captain. But i just expect put him in for Radwan and just push everyone else up a number....but i guess thats what he dod to get lawes at 6...


Was so happy when i saw that Steward was at 15

If he really wanted to force Farrell back in the side but have Smith at 10, why not drop Slade, have Manu at 13 and Radwan/Malins on the wing? It's just baffling.

 

[Lé Ddanno]

If he really wanted to force Farrell back in the side but have Smith at 10, why not drop Slade, have Manu at 13 and Radwan/Malins on the wing? It's just baffling.

crEDit iN tHE BanK

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Just wow, this is worse than I thought.

Well I'm going to keep growing my 'I hate Eddie club' so I'm happy with that. Surely last week would have been the one to experiment on and this week we need to see Radwan get some proper experience not Manu.

Eddie is not the genius he thinks he is.

 

[Cooperman]

England vs Australia
17:30, 13/11/2021
Twickenham Stadium​

Hi all. I'm off to Twickers this Saturday to see England v Australia. I was going with a good friend and his Mrs.
Sadly he has fallen ill today and can't make it.
As such I have two tickets to sell on his behalf.
They are South Stand Middle Tier and on his behalf I am asking face value which is £107 each.
Contact me on 07961035009 or at email [email protected]

Thank you

 

[Ragey Erasmus]

crEDit iN tHE BanK

Bed it in the crank more like...

 

[BrokenWing]

Hardly surprising, he's done this with Brown on the wing previously.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Hardly surprising, he's done this with Brown on the wing previously.

TBF Brown had played a few international games on the wing and imo Eddie was wanting him out by the time he started him on the wing v SA

 

[BrokenWing]

Makes it even more bizarre then as if he wanted him out, why not just pick someone else?

I'm fairly sure Manu has played on the wing before, but one thing that doesn't come with age is that extra yard of pace.

Like he has to do one thing to fly in the face of expectation.

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Makes it even more bizarre then as if he wanted him out, why not just pick someone else?

I'm fairly sure Manu has played on the wing before, but one thing that doesn't come with age is that extra yard of pace.

Like he has to do one thing to fly in the face of expectation.

Age doesn't bring an extra yard of pace but losing 6 kilos does. Apparently Manu's recorded his fastest ever GPS scores in the last couple of weeks.

There are a lot of reasons why I don't like Manu on the wing but a lack of pace isn't one of them.

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Age doesn't bring an extra yard of pace but losing 6 kilos does. Apparently Manu's recorded his fastest ever GPS scores in the last couple of weeks.

There are a lot of reasons why I don't like Manu on the wing but a lack of pace isn't one of them.

Manu may be at his personal fastest but I'd reckon the likes of May, Radwan or a fit Watson would still easily do him for top end speed and, more importantly, acceleration. But, as you say, there are plenty of other reasons to dislike the idea.

So we get these daft ideas as soon as Jones gets a new back room staff in. What's Cockers and Gleeson's contribution to this??

On the subject of coaching staff I don't recall seeing it on here but there are plenty of consistent stories about the catalyst behind Mitchell's departure

'F... off, mate' - John Mitchell reveals full story behind fall out with Eddie Jones - Ruck

John Mitchell has revealed the circumstances that led to his shock departure as England assistant head coach last year. On his day off, he was leaving the England rugby camp…

www.ruck.co.uk

 

[Umaga's Witness]

WALLABIES (15-1): Kurtley Beale, Andrew Kellaway, Len Ikitau, Hunter Paisami, Tom Wright, James O'Connor, Nic White, Rob Valetini, Michael Hooper (c), Rob Leota, Izack Rodda, Rory Arnold, James Slipper, Folau Fainga'a, Angus Bell

Reserves: Tolu Latu, Tom Robertson, Oliver Hoskins, Will Skelton, Pete Samu, Tate McDermott, Noah Lolesio, Izaia Perese

 

[Pieter Steph du Teague]

Has Slipper ever played tighthead before?

 

[Umaga's Witness]

So I wanted to see what someone had written about Ollie hoskins, went in the search bar and searched within this thread for hoskins and got no results, despite my last post of the Aussie team

 

[Umaga's Witness]

Has Slipper ever played tighthead before?

He played a test in 2014, and a bit at super rugby. But he's not good.