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<blockquote data-quote="Peat" data-source="post: 786807" data-attributes="member: 42330">I was thinking the same thing as J&#039;nuh after reading Ospreylian&#039;s team and I have to say I&#039;d question Toby&#039;s assertion that we have a group of great flankers available. England and Scotland both have no one I&#039;d like to pick*; Wales only has 7s I&#039;d like to pick, and only as 7s. That leaves Ireland. You could move SOB from 7 to 6, but he seems increasingly injury prone and unable to hit his peak. You could pick O&#039;Mahony and... actually, not a lot to say to that one. Stander and Ruddock could emerge as options given more game time, as could Henderson if allowed to play in the back row... but the options are pretty slim. And I think Faletau is totally mobile enough, hard working enough, and skilled enough at the breakdown to play flanker. It&#039;s an option I like, I&#039;ve got to say.*Would consider top form Croft and an Itoje that played more rugby in the back row.Also, agree that Tipuric ahead of Warburton is odd, that Laidlaw and Russell don&#039;t really deserve places, but would suggest that Liam Williams might actually be the best full-back in the home nations. And I hate Liam Williams.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Peat, post: 786807, member: 42330"] I was thinking the same thing as J'nuh after reading Ospreylian's team and I have to say I'd question Toby's assertion that we have a group of great flankers available. England and Scotland both have no one I'd like to pick*; Wales only has 7s I'd like to pick, and only as 7s. That leaves Ireland. You could move SOB from 7 to 6, but he seems increasingly injury prone and unable to hit his peak. You could pick O'Mahony and... actually, not a lot to say to that one. Stander and Ruddock could emerge as options given more game time, as could Henderson if allowed to play in the back row... but the options are pretty slim. And I think Faletau is totally mobile enough, hard working enough, and skilled enough at the breakdown to play flanker. It's an option I like, I've got to say. *Would consider top form Croft and an Itoje that played more rugby in the back row. Also, agree that Tipuric ahead of Warburton is odd, that Laidlaw and Russell don't really deserve places, but would suggest that Liam Williams might actually be the best full-back in the home nations. And I hate Liam Williams. [/QUOTE]

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