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<blockquote data-quote="stormmaster1" data-source="post: 173998">Balshaw shouldn&#039;t be there. Noon&#039;s inclusion is good imo as we need someone to be solid in the line, and experience is required to avoid capitulation like last week. I personally would use Vanikolo as an impact player, but dropping him would be a little harsh. I&#039;d keep Johnny. He tends to crumble under pressure when he gets little help in decision making from those outside him, but it&#039;s easier to address those outside him imo. Scrum half: we are seriously short of quality scrum halfs, maybe we need some to train in Wales.&nbsp;I&#039;m not sure of the back row: how has lipman been looking? Easter&#039;s inclusion is good. Narraway didn&#039;t do anything wrong, but he is further down the pecking order.&nbsp;i think we will miss having an openside like Rees, and that could be the telling aspect for England&#039;s play. The backs have every chance of playing like the first half v Wales, but a tough Italian defence and if Lipman doesn&#039;t seize his chance then the backs will be back to being inefficient users of slow ball.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stormmaster1, post: 173998"] Balshaw shouldn't be there. Noon's inclusion is good imo as we need someone to be solid in the line, and experience is required to avoid capitulation like last week. I personally would use Vanikolo as an impact player, but dropping him would be a little harsh. I'd keep Johnny. He tends to crumble under pressure when he gets little help in decision making from those outside him, but it's easier to address those outside him imo. Scrum half: we are seriously short of quality scrum halfs, maybe we need some to train in Wales. I'm not sure of the back row: how has lipman been looking? Easter's inclusion is good. Narraway didn't do anything wrong, but he is further down the pecking order. i think we will miss having an openside like Rees, and that could be the telling aspect for England's play. The backs have every chance of playing like the first half v Wales, but a tough Italian defence and if Lipman doesn't seize his chance then the backs will be back to being inefficient users of slow ball. [/QUOTE]

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