Johnson names England Squad

[An Tarbh]

England Senior EPS squad in full:

Forwards

Steffon Armitage (London Irish)
David Barnes (Bath Rugby)
Duncan Bell (Bath Rugby)
Richard Blaze (Leicester Tigers)
Steve Borthwick (Captain) (Saracens)
George Chuter (Leicester Tigers)
Jordan Crane (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers)
Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers)
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
James Haskell (Stade Francais)
Ben Kay (Leicester Tigers)
Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
Lewis Moody (Leicester Tigers)
Tim Payne (London Wasps)
Steve Thompson (CA Brive)
David Wilson (Bath Rugby)
Joe Worsley (London Wasps)

Backs

Matt Banahan (Bath Rugby)
Danny Care (Harlequins)
Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)
Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)
Shane Geraghty (Northampton Saints)
Andy Goode (CA Brive)
Dan Hipkiss (Leicester Tigers)
Paul Hodgson (London Irish)
Ugo Monye (Harlequins)
David Strettle (Harlequins)
Mathew Tait (Sale Sharks)
Mike Tindall (Gloucester Rugby)
Richard Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks)
Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon)

 

[Bullitt]

Added bit I found for those confused;

David Barnes replaces Andrew Sheridan
Duncan Bell replaces Phil Vickery
Richard Blaze replaces Simon Shaw
Ben Foden replaces Olly Morgan
Shane Geraghty replaces Riki Flutey
Andy Goode replaces Toby Flood
Courtney Lawes replaces Nick Easter
Lewis Moody replaces Tom Rees
David Strettle replaces Delon Armitage
Steve Thompson replaces Lee Mears
Richard Wigglesworth replaces Harry Ellis

 

[An Tarbh]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Teh Mite @ Oct 26 2009, 06:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Added bit I found for those confused;

David Barnes replaces Andrew Sheridan
Duncan Bell replaces Phil Vickery
Richard Blaze replaces Simon Shaw
Ben Foden replaces Olly Morgan
Shane Geraghty replaces Riki Flutey
Andy Goode replaces Toby Flood
Courtney Lawes replaces Nick Easter
Lewis Moody replaces Tom Rees
David Strettle replaces Delon Armitage
Steve Thompson replaces Lee Mears
Richard Wigglesworth replaces Harry Ellis[/b]

when you put it like that the injury crisis doesn't seem that bad or am I merely allowing the Wigglesworth replacing Ellis to blind that opinion.

 

[Bullitt]

So, what will we get from that for the "1st choice"?

1. Payne
2. Hartley
3. Wilson
4. Borthwick
5. Deacon
6. Moody
7. Armatidge
8. Crane
9. Care
10. Wilkinson
11. Cueto
12. Geregthy/Tindall
13. Tindall/Hipkiss
14. Monye
15. Foden

Not brilliant, but better then previous years I guess.

 

[Bullitt]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ Oct 26 2009, 05:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Teh Mite @ Oct 26 2009, 06:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Added bit I found for those confused;

David Barnes replaces Andrew Sheridan
Duncan Bell replaces Phil Vickery
Richard Blaze replaces Simon Shaw
Ben Foden replaces Olly Morgan
Shane Geraghty replaces Riki Flutey
Andy Goode replaces Toby Flood
Courtney Lawes replaces Nick Easter
Lewis Moody replaces Tom Rees
David Strettle replaces Delon Armitage
Steve Thompson replaces Lee Mears
Richard Wigglesworth replaces Harry Ellis[/b]

when you put it like that the injury crisis doesn't seem that bad or am I merely allowing the Wigglesworth replacing Ellis to blind that opinion.
[/b][/quote]

Watching him last week, Wigglesworth was rather shite. Not to Ellis' levels of shitiness, but still pretty bad.

It'll be between Hodgson and Care - The Harrison flattener getting the nod.

 

[elgringoborracho]

Wow you must really have no number 10 if you have to pick goode

 

[Bullitt]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (elgringoborracho @ Oct 26 2009, 05:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Wow you must really have no number 10 if you have to pick goode[/b]

There are plenty of 10s about - the one position we're not short of cover - Sadly however the 57 need to shoehorn as many friends in as possible.

 

[DuncTheDoodle]

Lot of people I've never heard of in there. How many are uncapped?

 

[wayner]

Another squad to keep up the fine English tradition of aiming to defeat the competition 6-3?

 

[Bullitt]

Compared to form of recent years, winning every game 6-3 will do.

 

[DuncTheDoodle]

You've got Wilko in the squad. Even if he misses seven drop goals, you'll still have a good 30 ponits worth of them on the board.

 

[gingergenius]

Well considering all the injuries, there wasn't much scope for Johnson going too far away from what I had down. He's differed a bit in the forwards but I have no complaints, Steve Thompson is a surprise inclusion but I haven't seen him play since 03 so maybe he has returned to his world class form, or maybe he's just in there because of 03. Where is Nick Kennedy?

Backs... again, not too many surprises. Andy Goode is a predictable surprise. His inclusion for England in the past has always symbolised a bad run of form for the team, so let's hope he doesn't get game time. Dominic Waldouck is unlucky to miss out however.

My team:

1. Payne
2. Hartley
3. Wilson
4. Kay
5. Borthwick
6. Croft
7. Armitage (Moody will be picked here)
8. Crane
9. Care
10. Wilkinson
11. Monye
12. Geraghty
13. Hipkiss (Tindall will play here)
14. Strettle
15. Cueto (please not Foden. He is not a Test level fullback, play him on the wing or 9 if need be).

16. Thompson
17. Bell
18. Lawes
19. Moody
20. Hodgson
21. Tait
22. Banahan

 

[Melhor Time]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Teh Mite @ Oct 26 2009, 02:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Added bit I found for those confused;

David Barnes replaces Andrew Sheridan
Duncan Bell replaces Phil Vickery
Richard Blaze replaces Simon Shaw
Ben Foden replaces Olly Morgan
Shane Geraghty replaces Riki Flutey
Andy Goode replaces Toby Flood
Courtney Lawes replaces Nick Easter
Lewis Moody replaces Tom Rees
David Strettle replaces Delon Armitage
Steve Thompson replaces Lee Mears
Richard Wigglesworth replaces Harry Ellis[/b]

Based on what? The last test was Argentina vs England which involved Goode and Thompson.

14 Strettle, 15 Monye, 11 Banahan
13 Tindall, 12 Geraghty
10 Wilkinson, 9 Care

7 Armitage, 8 Crane, 6 Haskell
5 Croft, 4 Borthwick
3 Wilson, 2 Hartly, 1 Payne

16 Chuter
17 Bell
18 Deacon
19 Worsely
20 Hodgson
21 Goode
22 Tait

 

[Bullitt]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Melhor Time @ Oct 27 2009, 12:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Teh Mite @ Oct 26 2009, 02:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Added bit I found for those confused;

David Barnes replaces Andrew Sheridan
Duncan Bell replaces Phil Vickery
Richard Blaze replaces Simon Shaw
Ben Foden replaces Olly Morgan
Shane Geraghty replaces Riki Flutey
Andy Goode replaces Toby Flood
Courtney Lawes replaces Nick Easter
Lewis Moody replaces Tom Rees
David Strettle replaces Delon Armitage
Steve Thompson replaces Lee Mears
Richard Wigglesworth replaces Harry Ellis[/b]

Based on what? The last test was Argentina vs England which involved Goode and Thompson.

14 Strettle, 15 Monye, 11 Banahan
13 Tindall, 12 Geraghty
10 Wilkinson, 9 Care

7 Armitage, 8 Crane, 6 Haskell
5 Croft, 4 Borthwick
3 Wilson, 2 Hartly, 1 Payne

16 Chuter
17 Bell
18 Deacon
19 Worsely
20 Hodgson
21 Goode
22 Tait
[/b][/quote]

The EPS

 

[Prestwick]

And the intruige continues:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8328876.stm

Released back to clubs:

- Ben Kay
- Richard Blaze
- David Strettle
- Steffon Armitage

Oh yeah, btw, HAY GUYZ!

 

[Stillknox]

I saw Ryan Lamb a few times with the London Irish, he looked good to me. Don't you think he should be there instead of Goode ? I know he can be erratic, but that's the same with Geraghty after all.

Cipriani is (again) injured at the moment ?

 

[feicarsinn]

Ah see Cipriani has the problem of being a dickish prima donna which naturally makes a forward like Johnson hate him. To be honest a little while away from the limelight could do Cips the world of good. He could very easily fall into the Henson trap which, even from an Irish poin of view, would be a shame. A man with undoubted talent.

 

[Bullitt]

He's got a broken leg again.

Plus as you say he's a pre-Madonna, not good enough to play for England.

 

[O'Rothlain]

At least Steffon Armitage is in great form right now.
So there's a wee bit of hope for you Low Swinging Charioteers.

 

[Juggernaut]

Is Mike Catt still playing??