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Review of England’s 6 Nations Performance

The original article stated we did in fairness, which is as pointed out a factual inaccuracy.
 
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/rugby/stuart-lancaster-has-his-eye-on-wasps-for-summer-8565335.html

Apparently Tom Lindsay is in line, that's straight from the horse's mouth.
Very positive decision imo. Lancaster selected him for the Saxons squad in the Churchill cup a few years ago so it's not all that surprising come to think of it.
Time spent working with Simon Hardy on his throwing will be great.

I should probably point out that he went to my school, he was a few years above me, so I'm a bit biased in my support of him. :D
 
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At this point I think it's fairly safe to assume he's either in the EPS or Lions...
If not, then Lancaster must have caught him naked with his finger inside his pet cat or something.
 
"Daly did well at fullback" :huh:

Daly is a very good player, don't get me wrong, but he had a mare and directly contributed to two Leinster tries.
 
I really want to see players playing in their natural position though so Daly should play at 13. Is he a better 13 than tuiagi? That depends on what you want from your 13. I think too many people think tuiagi is great because he makes a few big runs and hits but he lacks basic spacial awareness and a passing game for international rugby.

I would like to see Daly or Tomkins tried at 13 with 12trees and another 12 (who is a ball player????) in the squad., any thoughts on another 12 for the team?

Oh and if Farrell Snr is so obsessed with using sarries players, use their forwards and the quins/wasps/gloucster backs, no more 1 dimentional sarries backs please!
 
Kyle Eastmond is looking great at 12, he easily has the best pass in the AP.
Is still learning the game, but is as talented a footballer as anyone else in the country.
Something that Monsieur Guscott seems to agree with...

I would also take Kyle Eastmond. He has steep acceleration, is rapid over 30-40 metres and difficult to pin down because he can change direction incredibly quickly thanks to his low centre of gravity. He's also as good a passer as I've seen in Rugby Union. This guy is really talented, and he will learn quicker in an England environment.
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http://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/feat...-must-take-risks-to-find-a-true-cutting-edge/

Examples:
 
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ratsapprentice said:
Kyle Eastmond is looking great at 12, he easily has the best pass in the AP.
Is still learning the game, but is as talented a footballer as anyone else in the country.
Something that Monsieur Guscott seems to agree with...

http://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/feat...-must-take-risks-to-find-a-true-cutting-edge/

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Good work on that. I had forgotton about Eastmond but he is a must. With his size i don't know if he would suit the england game plan but imagine a 12 Eastmond 13 Tomkins combo, the league fans would go mental at that!
 
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I'd take Eastmond over Tomkins every day of the week.
The amount Tomkins is overrated is crazy, he's a handy enough player but not international quality. The media harp on about his offloading (like they did with Banahan) but fail to recognise that just because of you attempt a ton of offloads doesn't mean they're all great - how many of these go to the opposition, to ground or into touch? He's like Banahan, in that regards - he seeks contact then throws the ball out hoping it goes to one of his team mates.

I can't see Eastmond playing 12 for England, unfortunately. As you said, I think Lancaster wants someone bigger at 12, which is a shame. Could do a job on the wing, but then that would be playing him out of position, as he's focusing on 12 at Bath at the moment, which wouldn't be ideal.
 
Thought I heard somewhere that Eastmond was potentially being looked at as a 15 in the long term. Don't know if this was purely based on his on-field resemblance to Jason Robinson, but it might be a good option and give him a bit more space to use his skills.
 
No to Eastmond at 15. He's a dwarf. Stick him on the wing.

And I'm fairly sure we'll be talking about Daly as a natural back three player in a couple of season.
 
Eastmond has played the majority of the season at Bath in the Centre... I would keep him there where he is happy, but think he may be a surprise inclusion to the Lions Squad..
 
15 has to be our position of least concern in the backline, in both the long-term and short-term: Brown, Foden, Goode, Morgan, Arscott, Miller, Ransom, Chisholm, Abendanon, Pennell, Homer, Nowell, Watson... (any more I've missed? some of these may not develop as fullbacks) It's a lot of the reason I don't want Daly being put there. Unless maybe we're trying to create so many fullbacks, so that we can use them on the wings? :p So no to Eastmond at fullback for me. Especially since he's not tall enough.

Would be curious to see Eastmond play 12 for England, but I would be very worried about people running at the 10-12 channel if he plays with Burns at 10. Thinking about it, it's only just come to me that Bath will probably partner Ford with Eastmond next year. Number 8s are going to love the thought of running at them. :huh: Didn't Eastmond play in the half-backs in league? Why hasn't anyone considered him at 9 or 10 in the long-run?
 
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Daly could be the best of the lot though, and I feel he's more likely to make it there then at centre - plus his club seem to agree with me. Personally, I've got a feeling that will involve Daly ending up on the wing for England, funny how you mentioned that j'nuh (shameless plug blog link in sig for more on that) but that could work. At least Daly is genuinely rapid enough to be a winger.
 
I don't think Eastmond's a poor defender - he can make his tackles. His positioning may be a bit off because of his recent code switching, but that'll improve in time.
 
ratsapprentice said:
http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/rugby/stuart-lancaster-has-his-eye-on-wasps-for-summer-8565335.html

Apparently Tom Lindsay is in line, that's straight from the horse's mouth.
Very positive decision imo. Lancaster selected him for the Saxons squad in the Churchill cup a few years ago so it's not all that surprising come to think of it.
Time spent working with Simon Hardy on his throwing will be great.

I should probably point out that he went to my school, he was a few years above me, so I'm a bit biased in my support of him. :D
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That is positive he looks good with ball in hand, whats his set piece work like?
 
Eastmond still gets cought out of positionally occasionally, but his tackling is strong. He probably isn't tall enough to compete in the air for a FB, although Lancaster did say a while back that that's where he was looking at developing him.
I don't know that he's fast enough to play in the wing internationally. He has massive acceleration and agility but I haven't seem him score any length of the field tries yet.
If Lancaster goes ahead with playing 36 as his ball-playing 2R then Eastmond could be a perfect partner for him. Bath have actually played him at FH in the Amlin, and have stated that they want him to have the ball as much as possible.
His move to IC was just as much about him learning the FH role from what GG & Co have said.

In regards to Lindsay, his scrummaging is good, his lineout needs improving but you saw how quickly Youngs' throwing improved after being in the EPS.
 

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