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<blockquote data-quote="Ragey Erasmus" data-source="post: 1039292" data-attributes="member: 56232"><p>The argument will always be made that Billy doesn't fill a role that ends in tries but yeah, it's not like Simmonds fills a different role competently, he absolutely excels at this different role whilst Billy is distinctly average at the one he fills. If England's setup doesn't work for the exceptional players the country is producing then it can be argued it's the England setup that needs to change. Jones should be creating a setup that makes the most of the resources available to him, not rigidly stick to a system that isn't working and expect the rest of England to nicely slot in. Granted you can't chop and change but 6 years is more than enough time to slightly adapt it and Jones has steadfastly refused to move away from a bashing 8 as much as he can help it. I think we now have the flankers and potentially players elsewhere to allow our 8 to no longer be simply a basher but someone more lightweight. England are already some of the best in the world at distributing workload between all the forwards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ragey Erasmus, post: 1039292, member: 56232"] The argument will always be made that Billy doesn't fill a role that ends in tries but yeah, it's not like Simmonds fills a different role competently, he absolutely excels at this different role whilst Billy is distinctly average at the one he fills. If England's setup doesn't work for the exceptional players the country is producing then it can be argued it's the England setup that needs to change. Jones should be creating a setup that makes the most of the resources available to him, not rigidly stick to a system that isn't working and expect the rest of England to nicely slot in. Granted you can't chop and change but 6 years is more than enough time to slightly adapt it and Jones has steadfastly refused to move away from a bashing 8 as much as he can help it. I think we now have the flankers and potentially players elsewhere to allow our 8 to no longer be simply a basher but someone more lightweight. England are already some of the best in the world at distributing workload between all the forwards. [/QUOTE]
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