Australia v England - 2nd Test
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@KiwiMurph Kellaway is a gun player. Just does the right thing more often than not.
Jordie at fullback, that’s unexpected!
@ACT-Crusader said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
@KiwiMurph Kellaway is a gun player. Just does the right thing more often than not.
Jordie at fullback, that’s unexpected!
He's the Aussie Ben Smith.
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Nowell? Really?
@MiketheSnow said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
Nowell? Really?
I actually thought he did okay last week, despite having reservations about him originally (well the 2022 version anyway).
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@MiketheSnow said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
Nowell? Really?
I actually thought he did okay last week, despite having reservations about him originally (well the 2022 version anyway).
@Margin_Walker said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
@MiketheSnow said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
Nowell? Really?
I actually thought he did okay last week, despite having reservations about him originally (well the 2022 version anyway).
Arundell did more in 2 mins
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@Margin_Walker is JvP the guy who came on last week? Big unit for a 9.
Yeah, he's an interesting one. I really like him. Looked great in age grade rugby and has slotted in well in a good Leicester team when he's played. I think he's better than Randall anyway.
Amusingly though he failed to make the 23 for Leicester in the Premiership final the other week with Youngs and Wigglesworth (who's about 47 now) preferred.
Think he'll go well all the same.
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@Margin_Walker said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
@MiketheSnow said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
Nowell? Really?
I actually thought he did okay last week, despite having reservations about him originally (well the 2022 version anyway).
Arundell did more in 2 mins
Ha. I'm a LI fan, so would prefer to roll the dice and play Arundell as well. Love watching the kid play. I just don't hate Nowell being in there. May have changed my stance on that by Saturday afternoon though.
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Yeah, he's an interesting one. I really like him. Looked great in age grade rugby and has slotted in well in a good Leicester team when he's played. I think he's better than Randall anyway.
Amusingly though he failed to make the 23 for Leicester in the Premiership final the other week with Youngs and Wigglesworth (who's about 47 now) preferred.
Think he'll go well all the same.
@Margin_Walker he looked pretty good when he came on plus he was on debut. There are several reasons for it, but the English play did speed up when he was on, which was a good thing.
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Ha. I'm a LI fan, so would prefer to roll the dice and play Arundell as well. Love watching the kid play. I just don't hate Nowell being in there. May have changed my stance on that by Saturday afternoon though.
I'm neither too disappointed nor too shocked by that selection, though I feel Eddie has missed a trick or two. A bit more speed in the back row would help to nullify Aussie's go forward momentum and I feel that he's dropped the wrong wing and I'm saying that as an Exeter boy. I like Nowell and think he is a good international wing, but is a little shy of match fitness IMO. Plus Cockanisiga offers a different option to anything else we have. He's a true power runner and offers the midfield a good bail out option coming in off his wing - just use him in the right way.
Underhill needs to stay fit and Eddie needs to keep him on the pitch.
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I'm neither too disappointed nor too shocked by that selection, though I feel Eddie has missed a trick or two. A bit more speed in the back row would help to nullify Aussie's go forward momentum and I feel that he's dropped the wrong wing and I'm saying that as an Exeter boy. I like Nowell and think he is a good international wing, but is a little shy of match fitness IMO. Plus Cockanisiga offers a different option to anything else we have. He's a true power runner and offers the midfield a good bail out option coming in off his wing - just use him in the right way.
Underhill needs to stay fit and Eddie needs to keep him on the pitch.
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I'm neither too disappointed nor too shocked by that selection, though I feel Eddie has missed a trick or two. A bit more speed in the back row would help to nullify Aussie's go forward momentum and I feel that he's dropped the wrong wing and I'm saying that as an Exeter boy. I like Nowell and think he is a good international wing, but is a little shy of match fitness IMO. Plus Cockanisiga offers a different option to anything else we have. He's a true power runner and offers the midfield a good bail out option coming in off his wing - just use him in the right way.
Underhill needs to stay fit and Eddie needs to keep him on the pitch.
Agree on the back row. Eddie's given himself a real issue on that front by having Lawes as captain. Lots of calls for him to play lock, but he just doesn't do that any more, so you're trapped with a Billy V / Lawes combo.
I've got a lot of time for Cokanasiga, but unless he's in proper rampaging form, you do lose a bit when he's involved as he's not got the most rounded game. Freeman's a big guy although probably not someone you'd be bringing into midfield too much on the crash ball. Interested to see what Porter offers on this stage, as I've not seen a whole lot of him. Probably picked as a more direct option than Marchant.
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@Machpants said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
@Catogrande said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
Exeter boy.
Oi, he's Cornish! Bloody Devonian
He’s certainly Cornish when he’s injured!
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@ARHS said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
@Duluth pleased to see Frost get a chance at last.
He’s still very young so his time was eventually going to come. A genuine 6’9” unit that has good athleticism and played well this season. Oz should be using him on opposition throws.
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Rugby Pass is up there (down there) with The Ruck and Rugby Dump for click bait non stories. Prop one says good things about prop two and says he will compete hard.
These shithouse sites that get bloody everywhere are seriously giving me the threepenny bits.
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Rugby Pass is up there (down there) with The Ruck and Rugby Dump for click bait non stories. Prop one says good things about prop two and says he will compete hard.
These shithouse sites that get bloody everywhere are seriously giving me the threepenny bits.
Rugbypass do at least have some original content and break some stories here and there. Albeit that's a very click baity piece.
The other two mentioned are total junk though. No redeeming qualities at all.
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Rugbypass do at least have some original content and break some stories here and there. Albeit that's a very click baity piece.
The other two mentioned are total junk though. No redeeming qualities at all.
@Margin_Walker it is a rarity from what I have seen.
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Rugby Pass is up there (down there) with The Ruck and Rugby Dump for click bait non stories. Prop one says good things about prop two and says he will compete hard.
These shithouse sites that get bloody everywhere are seriously giving me the threepenny bits.
@Catogrande how about that lit fuse though!
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@Margin_Walker it is a rarity from what I have seen.
Sure, and defending Rugbypass definitely isn't a hill I'm willing to die on. They do at least seem to have staff writers and columnists. As well as a paywalled section with original longer form content etc.
It's a (small) step above the Ruck approach which is any number of articles like:
'Top ten worst signings ever' - Low effort, have to click through ten pages to view the full list
'Guess what Nigel Owens said about this decision!'
'Player X will be moving to Club A' - Completely made up
'Player X will be moving to Club A' - Stolen exclusive from somewhere else -
Sure, and defending Rugbypass definitely isn't a hill I'm willing to die on. They do at least seem to have staff writers and columnists. As well as a paywalled section with original longer form content etc.
It's a (small) step above the Ruck approach which is any number of articles like:
'Top ten worst signings ever' - Low effort, have to click through ten pages to view the full list
'Guess what Nigel Owens said about this decision!'
'Player X will be moving to Club A' - Completely made up
'Player X will be moving to Club A' - Stolen exclusive from somewhere elseMorgan Turinui was a back playing in France only a few short years ago? Still just 40, must live near a fab pie shop.,.
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