Starting XXII for your team in this years 6N

[Sir Speedy]

Wales:

1) Gethin Jenkins
2) Huw Bennett
3) Chris Horseman (This is a weakspot)
4) Ian Gough
5) Alun Wyn Jones
6) Jonathan Thomas
7) Colin Charvis
8) Ryan Jones

9) Dwayne Peel
10) Stephen Jones
11) Shane Williams
12) Gavin Henson
13) Tom Shanklin
14) Mark Jones / Tom James
15) Lee Byrne

16) Matthew Rees
17) Duncan Jones
18) Ian Evans
19) Alix Popham
20) Mike Phillips / Richie Rees
21) James Hook
22) Morgan Stoddart

Although, positions could change due to injury to players such as Gavin Henson, Dwayne Peel, Stephen Jones, Alix Popham and Matthew Rees recently.

 

[dundeesmiffy]

Time to make another line up to be 'pragmatically' picked apart by some 'knowlagable' fellow posters.

1. Craig Smith
2. Dougie Hall
3. Gavin Kerr
4. Nathan Hines
5. Ally Kellock
6. Jason White (capt.)
7. Kelly Brown
8. Simon Taylor / Ally Hogg
9. Mike Blair
10. Gordon Ross
11. Chris Paterson
12. Andrew Henderson
13. Rob Dewey / Simon Webster (if Deweys fit)
14. Simon Webster / Rory Lamont
15. Rory Lamont / Hugo Southwell

16. Scott Lawson
17. Alan 'Chunk' Jacobson
18. Jim Hamilton
19. Ally Hogg / John Barclay
20. Phill Godman
21. Chris Cusiter
22. Simon Danielli / Hugo Southwell

this is assuming all players in question are fit to play.

 

[Ash/blubber]

Heres the whole squad i hope for

1. Vickery ( Need someone with experience )
2. Mears
3. Sheridan
4. Borthwick
5. Kay
6. Worsley
7. Moody
8. Corry
9. Gomersall
10. Wilkinson
11. Varndell
12. Noon
13. Tait
14. Sackey
15. Lewsey

16. Stevens
17. Shaw
18. Lund
19. Sanderson
20. Richards
21. Cipriani
22. Flood

23. Chuter
24. White
25. Grewcock
26. Easter
27. Strettle
28. Tindall
29. Simpsondaniel
30. Balshaw

Hope you agree :bana:

 

[Bullitt]

<table border="1">
<tr>
<td><center>ENGLAND</center></td>
<td><center>ENGLAND</center></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><CENTER>I'd like:</Center></td>
<td><CENTER>We'll most likely
get rubbish like:</Center></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1. Stevens</td>
<td>1. Vickery ©</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2. Hartley</td>
<td>2. Regan</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3. Sheridan</td>
<td>3. Sheridan</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4. Deacon</td>
<td>4. Grewcock</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5. Shaw</td>
<td>5. Kay</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>6. Croft</td>
<td>6. Haskell</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>7. Rees</td>
<td>7. Lund</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>8. Haskell ©</td>
<td>8. Moody</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>9. Gommersall</td>
<td>9. Perry</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>10. Lamb</td>
<td>10. Wilkinson</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>11. Ashton</td>
<td>11. Strettle</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>12. Allen</td>
<td>12. Barkley</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>13. Hipkiss</td>
<td>13. Tindall</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>14. Banahan</td>
<td>14. Varndell</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>15. Abandamanon</td>
<td>15. Tait</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>16. ***terall</td>
<td>16. Mears</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>17. Freshwater</td>
<td>17. Stevens</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>18. Borthwick</td>
<td>18. Borthwick</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>19. Lund</td>
<td>19. Rees</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>20. Foden</td>
<td>20. Richards</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>21. Cipriani</td>
<td>21. Flood</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>22. Strettle</td>
<td>22. Balshite</td>
</tr>
</table>

 

[Dozzy_X]

i hope some new blood is allowed to come through, the likes of varndell, croft, haskell and cipriani could do england proud

 

[dundeesmiffy]

varndell had a shakey start to his international career, but i would still like to see him starting.

 

[Cusker]

1.Stevens
2.Regan ©
3.Sheridan
4.Winters
5.Shaw
6.Haskell/Corry
7.Rees
8.Ward-Smith
9.Hodgson(Paul not Charlie)
10.Lamb
11.Strettle
12.Tait
13.Hipkiss
14.Banahan
15.Abandamanon

16.Ellis
17.Wilkinson
18.Freshwater
19.Borthwick
20.Cipriani
21.Lund
22.Vickery

 

[Stillknox]

For France:

1. Emmanuelli (Clermont)
2. Swarzeski (Paris)
3. De Villiers (Paris)
4. Nallet (Castres)
5. Papé (Paris)
7. Dusautoir (Toulouse)
8. Veurmelen (Clermont) or Chabal (Sale)
9. Elissalde (Toulouse)
10. Courrent (Toulouse)
11. Clerc (Toulouse)
12. Jauzion (Toulouse)
13. Fritz (Toulouse)
14. Rougerie (Clermont)
15. Heymans (Toulouse)

16. Poux (Toulouse)
17. Keyser (Leicester)
18. Thion (Biarritz)
19. Nyanga (Toulouse)
20. Picamoles (Montpellier)
21. Beauxis (Paris)
22. Malzieu (Clermont) or Saubade (Paris)

 

[Prestwick]

Now we know the England 32 man squad:

1. Vickery (Captain)
2. Reagan
3. Sheridan (duh)
4. Kay
5. Shaw
6. Croft
7. Rees
8. Haskell
9. Wigglesworth
10. Wilkinson
11. Strettle
12. Flood
13. Tindall
14. Vainikolo
15. Tait

16. Cipriani
17. Wigglesworth
18. Sackey
20. Stevens
21. Worsley
22. Chuter

Easy as pie!

 

[danny]

Now we know the England 32 man squad:

1. Vickery (Captain)
2. Reagan
3. Sheridan (duh)
4. Kay
5. Shaw
6. Croft
7. Rees
8. Haskell
9. Wigglesworth
10. Wilkinson
11. Strettle
12. Flood
13. Tindall
14. Vainikolo
15. Tait

16. Cipriani
17. Wigglesworth
18. Sackey
20. Stevens
21. Worsley
22. Chuter

Easy as pie!
[/b]

Dont you mean Sheriden 1(loose head) and Vickery 3 (tight),or am i missing something?

 

[Prestwick]

Dont you mean Sheriden 1(loose head) and Vickery 3 (tight),or am i missing something? [/b]

Yes, MY FIIIIIIIST!

 

[SaintsFan_Webby]

From the 32 man squad I would like to see:

1. Sheridan
2. Chuter
3. Stevens
4. Shaw
5. Kay
6. Haskell
7. Rees
8. Easter

9. Gomersall
10. Cipriani
11. Strettle
12. Flood
13. Tindall
14. Sackey
15. Tait

16. Vickery
17. Regan
18. Borthwick
19. Croft
20. Wigglesworth
21. Wilkinson
22. Vainikolo


I'd rather have Tait at 13 and leave Tindall out, but there are no obvious alternatives at fullback other than Balsack, and obviously we all want him as far away from the team as possible. Tindall would also add a bit of weight to the midfield, although I would rather see the position filled by Hipkiss. Don't care who captains, I just think Stevens offers so much more than Vickery all over the pitch. If you start with Cipriani, you then have the experience of Wilkinson to bring off the bench along with Vainikolo, who I can't see starting but would be an amazing impact sub to have waiting in the wings.

 

[danit]

(selected from the 32 man squad Nick Mallet picked up yesterday)

Italy

1. Castrogiovanni
2. Festuccia
3. Nieto
4. Del Fava
5. Bortolami
6. Bergamasco Ma.
7. Zanni
8. Parisse

9. Picone
10. Pez

11. Pratichetti
12. Masi
13. Canale
14. Robertson
15. Galon

16. Ghiraldini
17. Perugini
18. Reato
19. Barbieri
20. Travagli
21. Marcato
22. Bergamasco Mi.

 

[stormmaster1]

To be honest i'd start with Wilkinson, with Cipriani to bring on for impact. To be honest i don't care to much for the building for the future stuff. Establish a winning team and introducing young players to a winning test environment is surely the way forward. For that reason alone i wouldn't put too many new caps in initially.

 

[Prestwick]

Yes, but you have to establish that winning team first, Stormster. Considering the lack of time to properly prepare for the Six Nations means that the idea of creating a team based around those who were in the World Cup final before gradually phasing in the new guys is sound.

Remember that the likes of Varndell, Croft, Allen, etc are in the infancy of their illustrious careers, making them fight for places will do them no harm.

As Tait is far better in broken play, I think his natural position is at full back.

 

[dullonien]

01 Gethin Jenkins
02 Huw Bennett (Throwing has improved and from same region as second rows)
03 Chris Horseman (Huge weakspot)
04 Ian Evans
05 Alun-Wyn Jones
06 Jonathan Thomas
07 Robin-Sowden Taylor (Has been on form recently)
08 Ryan Jones

09 Dwayne Peel (Phillips missed his chance with some ordinary performances)
10 James Hook
11 Shane Williams
12 Gavin Henson
13 Tom Shanklin
14 Tom James
15 Morgan Stoddard

16 Mathew Rees
17 John Yapp
18 Colin Charvis (Covers entire back row)
19 Michael Owen (Can cover second row and 6/8)
20 Mike Phillips
21 Stephen Jones
22 Jamie Roberts (Very impressed by this young lad)

 

[dundeesmiffy]

I caught Edinburgh Cardiff last night on Setanta last night after the pub.
(From what I remember) John Yapp had a good game, I would prefer him to Horseman to be quite honest.

 

[shazbooger]

Hmmmmm I wouldnt be too happy with this one, but I still expect something along these lines.

1. Horan
2. Jackman
3. Hayes
4. Cullen
5. O'Connell
6. Leamy
7. Jennings
8. Heaslip

9. Reddan
10. O'Gara
11. Horgan
12. D'Arcy
13. O'Driscoll
14. Kearney
15. Dempsey

 

[dullonien]

I caught Edinburgh Cardiff last night on Setanta last night after the pub.
(From what I remember) John Yapp had a good game, I would prefer him to Horseman to be quite honest. [/b]

Pitty he's a looshead, I've said before that he should have been, and still should be converted into a tight head to solve our problems there.

He's been keeping Gethin Jenkins out of the Blues team recently, still a young guy too.

 

[dundeesmiffy]

I thought Jenkins was competant at loose and tight, that's why he is often on the bench because of his versatility?