Sibling XV

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15. Delon Armitage
14. Alesana Tuilagi
13. Manusamoa Tuilagi
12. Guy Armitage
11. Anitelea Tuilagi
10. Steven Shingler
9. Ben Youngs
8. Scott Quinnell
7. Steffon Armitage
6. Gavin Quinnell
5. Aaron Shingler
4. Craig Quinnell
3. Ben Franks
2. Tom Youngs
1. Owen Franks

Pretty good team. Can anyone make a better one? Extra bonus points for 3 or more brothers.

nganboy wrote:I've got this so far for a NZ team - any help?


1 Owen Franks
2
3 Ben Franks
4 Sam Whitelock
5
6 George Whitelock
7 Ardie Savea
8 Luke Whitelock
9
10
11 Julian Savea
12 Adam Whitelock
13 Rico Gear
14 Hosea Gear
15

1 Owen Franks
2 Andrew Hore
3 Ben Franks
4 Sam Whitelock
5 Stan Meads
6 Colin Meads (sorry George Whitelock)
7 Ardie Savea
8 Luke Whitelock
9 Sid Going
10 Charlie Hore
11 Julian Savea
12 Adam Whitelock
13 Rico Gear
14 Hosea Gear
15 Ken Going

Right, that's an NZ side - had to drop a Whitelock brother so I adopted to play Sir Colin Meads at blindside (where he started his career) and bench George W & keep Sam W

So for England (not all internationals, but at least top division experience):

1 - Mako Vunipola
2 - Tom Youngs
3 - ?
4 - Martin Johnson
5 - ?
6 - ?
7 - Steffon Armitage
8 - Will Johnson
9 - Ben Youngs
10 - ?
11- Rory Underwood
12 - Alex Tait
13 - Matt Tait
14 - Tony Underwood
15 - Delon Armitage

Ireland team. Uncapped brothers on the bench. Cant make a full team unfortunately.

15 Rob Kearney

14 Dave Kearney

13

12

11 Richard Wallace

10 David Humphreys

9 Guy Easterby

8 Rhys Ruddock

7 David Wallace

6 Simon Easterby

5 Tommy Hayes

4 Donal Spring

3 Simon Best

2 Rory Best

1 Paul Wallace

Bench:

Ciaran Ruddock, Ian Humphreys, Dick Spring (capped but no room on team), Denis and John Fogarty, John Hayes





Here are some others that might help for other teams:

Gary and Alan Whetton,
Robbie and Bruce Deans,

Sid, Ken and Brian Going,

Robin and Zinzan Brooke.

The Underwoods Rory and Tony (ENG).

Thom Evans and Max Evans (SCOT)

Delon and Stefan Armitage (ENG)

Guy and Andre Boniface FRANCE)

The Camberbero brothers (FRANCE)

The Calder twins James and Finlay (SCOTLAND)

Gavin and Scott Hastings (SCOTLAND)

Scott and Craig Quinnell (WALES)

Leicester and England XV

15. Tuilagi
14. Tuilagi
13. Tuilagi
12. Tuilagi
11. Tuilagi
10. Tuilagi

9. Tuilagi
8. Tuilagi
7. Tuilagi
6. Tuilagi
5. Tuilagi
4. Tuilagi
3. Tuilagi
2. Tuilagi
1. Tuilagi

I think there's a 16th brother but can't remember his name.

What about the Bergamascos? Mirco & Mauro could add a bit of over-exuberance

Just don't play Mauro at 9...

dummy_half wrote:So for England (not all internationals, but at least top division experience):

1 - Mako Vunipola
2 - Tom Youngs
3 - ?
4 - Martin Johnson
5 - ?
6 - ?
7 - Steffon Armitage
8 - Will Johnson
9 - Ben Youngs
10 - ?
11- Rory Underwood
12 - Alex Tait
13 - Matt Tait
14 - Tony Underwood
15 - Delon Armitage

Can Will Johnson go to 6 and Billy Vunipola to 8?

dummy_half wrote:So for England (not all internationals, but at least top division experience):

1 - Mako Vunipola
2 - Tom Youngs
3 - ?
4 - Martin Johnson
5 - ?
6 - ?
7 - Steffon Armitage
8 - Will Johnson
9 - Ben Youngs
10 - ?
11- Rory Underwood
12 - Alex Tait
13 - Matt Tait
14 - Tony Underwood
15 - Delon Armitage

You could also put Erik and Magnus Lund at 5 & 6. Then again, I think Erik may be Norway-qualified.

Erik is Norway qualified. Impressive beardage...

You could have Louis Deacon and Brett Deacon at 5 and 6 I believe!

Scotland is relatively easy
1 Ian Milne
2 Kenny Milne
3 David Milne
4 Richie Gray
5 Johnnie Gray (ok taking a liberty there)
6 Finlay Calder
7 Jim Calder
8 ???
9 Mike Blair
10 Alec Blair (again a bit of a liberty)
11 Rory Lamont
12 Scott Hastings
13 Sean Lamont
14 Thom Evans
15 Gavin Hastings

Bench
Peter Dods
Michael Dods
Max Evans
David Blair

Forgot about Gordon and Peter Brown in the middle row
Discounted the Brewster brothers (not quite good enough) and the Leslie brothers (not quite Scottish enough)

I was only selecting current players. With all the old fellahs its too easy.