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j-dawg

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Joe Marler is proving more than a match for Dan Cole at this point, both in the scrum and around the park.

Can a World Cup place be obtained for this prospect?

And it looks like Ugo Monye, Danny Care, Manu Tuilagi and Chris Robshaw are knocking on the door too.
 
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The England management have loosehead prospects coming out of their ears at the moment; it's tightheads like Cole that there seems to be a drought of. That said, Marler is worth a watch (Didn't realise until yesterday that he's only 20...) to deputise Corbisiero once Sheridan snaps his last ligament.
Monye is on the downhill slope, he only seems to look reasonable when everyone else around him is superb, which doesn't tend to be the best sign of a player. That said, if the citing officer really takes offence to Cueto's handbags (http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg612/scaled.php?tn=0&server=612&filename=5ln7.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640) then England might be in need of a new winger. I can't honestly say who I would want to get the call.
Danny Care is a slower less reliable Ben Youngs, which is a pretty horrible prospect considering that Benny boy is Mr. Unreliable himself. Care doesn't really offer anything new to the shirt except a like-for-slightly-less-than-like replacement - although he certainly had a better day than Youngs yesterday.
There is no way Manu should be in 2011's 'Lost Cause' world cup squad. He is an excellent (If slightly undisciplined at times) player who is constantly improving, but he is just not ready for a first team place; And god knows we can remember what happens to the confidence of people who end up in a centre shirt when they shouldn't be (Tait, Geraghty, BannanaHammmock...). Manu will play when he's really ready, and for once we might have a long term prospect for that goddamn midfield number.
Wasn't paying enough attention to Robshaw yesterday to really judge, but if he's going to break through the clamouring hordes of current on-form backrow players he's going to have to be able to walk on water, or something equally messianic.
 
I agree, Jonno's got too many centres at the moment for manu to step in, what with flutey still to come back, hape playing well, and tindall, well just generally being mike tindall. Having said that, i disagree with you Danny Care comment, he performs well for quins very often, and seems to do the same for England, I think that Youngs is only playing 9 for england because of Flood outside him, and those two do have a very good relationship. As a quins fan I'd love to see Marler and Robshaw, but Johnson is drowning in good props and back rowers at the minute, so it seems unlikely.
 

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