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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Sun Feb 22, 2015 3:59 pm

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Breaking News: Famous win for Wasps at Franklins Garden sees Saints fall off top spot for the first time this season while the battle for Champions Cup qualification intensifies with important wins for Saracens, Bath & Falcons
 


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2013/2014 – London Wasps
2012/2013 – Leicester Tigers 
2011/2012 – Newcastle Falcons 
2010/2011 - Newcastle Falcons 
2009/2010 – Saracens 
2008/2009 - London Irish





                                             

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2Season 7 Homepage VII - Page 10 6London Wasps *1814135124615155426265
3Season 7 Homepage VII - Page 10 9Northampton Saints     1813054954514451427564
4Season 7 Homepage VII - Page 10 7Harlequins *1810264994544550423652
5Season 7 Homepage VII - Page 10 4Leicester Tigers18918444442237390846
6Season 7 Homepage VII - Page 10 48Exeter Chiefs *18747435454-1936400742
7Season 7 Homepage VII - Page 10 1Bath Rugby *  18819459468-944441939
8Season 7 Homepage VII - Page 10 2Gloucester *1871104684662444211039
9Season 7 Homepage VII - Page 10 8Newcastle Falcons *187110449472-2341422839
10Season 7 Homepage VII - Page 10 11Saracens187110443476-3338450938
11Season 7 Homepage VII - Page 10 50London Welsh184014418481-6334490925
12Season 7 Homepage VII - Page 10 5London Irish182214431488-57365211223

 
Welcome to Season 7 of the Aviva Premiership fantasy rugby game.  Below are the rules of the game which must be adhered to.  If there are any situations that arise in the course of the game which are not covered by the rules, a final decision will be made by the RFU (SJE) as to how the situation will be resolved.
 
 
Senior Squads wrote:
The maximum squad size is 40 senior players.  If a team has more than 40 players in their squad then they will be fined £1 million per player over the permitted amounts per day for the first seven days. If after 7 consecutive days a team still has more than the permitted number of players then the team will be fined £2 million per player per day, and fined 1 league point per player per day for the next seven days. If after this time a team still has more than the permitted number of players in their squad, the RFU (SJE) will remove players at its discretion to bring them back under the permitted numbers. There will be no right of appeal to players being removed.

Be aware that all tier one international matches which are played during the season will count in the game, and players selected in the match day 23's for those matches will not be eligible to play for their clubs on that weekend, therefore you must give due consideration to the make-up of your squad.
Academy Rules wrote:
Each team will be allowed to have an academy squad of 20 players.  Players who are in the academy must be born on or after 1st September 1992. 

Any player, who is at any Premiership club in real life, either in their senior, academy or AASE squads, can be bid for on the domestic bidding page. Players who are at your own club in real life and are coming through the academy system must be bid for if you want them in your own academy.
Transfers wrote:

  • Domestic (other AP Teams)
    Each team has a budget to use in the purchase of players. Domestic transfers between AP clubs, regardless of nationality of player, should be negotiated between the respective managers, and then confirmed on the Domestic Transfer Confirmation Page.
  • Domestic (Championship and below)
    Each team may during the season purchase no more than 5 players from the Championship or the National Leagues. These players must be bid for on the National League Bidding page, and each bid will be considered by me on its own merits before being accepted or rejected.  No bid will be accepted until a minimum of 24 hours has elapsed from the time the bid was made, in order to afford other managers the opportunity to make a counter bid.
  • Foreign
    To make a foreign transfer (i.e. from any club outside of the AP, regardless of whether the player is English) a bid should be made on the Foreign Transfers Page, which will be considered by me against the posted guidelines for purchase prices before being accepted or rejected. No bid will be accepted until a minimum of 24 hours has elapsed from the time the bid was made, in order to afford other managers the opportunity to make a counter bid.

    There will be a summer foreign transfer window, which will run as follows.

    Open Window

    Open transfer window, teams have unlimited bids provided they have the financial resources to cover them.  Teams may only bid for one player at a time.

    The window will open from the 9th of June but only to those sides that finish 8th and below at first. They will have a week to make one signing each before the window is open to all.     

Player Releases wrote: 
Managers may choose to release players from their clubs, for which they will be offered compensation

Compensation will be paid as follows

£2 million – current international (must have played international rugby in the previous 12 months)
£1.5 million – former international
£1m – top flight experience
£0.5m – other

All released players will be deemed to have joined a Championship side and can be bid for on the National League Bidding page.
Retirements wrote:
There will be no compensation for retiring players.  Should a player who retires decide to come out of retirement and play again, then he will automatically go back to the club who he was playing for in the game when he retired.
Fixtures wrote:
There will be 22 Aviva Premiership games per season, plus the play offs. There will also be European Rugby Champions Cup, European Rugby Challenge Cup and Anglo Welsh Cup matches.  These games will take place once a week. A match thread will be put up every Monday. Home teams must be named by midnight on Tuesday. Away teams must be named by midnight on Wednesday. Failure to meet these deadlines is punishable by the addition of three match points to the oppositions final score, unless both sides fail to do so. Both teams must provide tactics by midnight on Thursday. Predictions will be open from 00:01 hours on Friday and remain open until 15:00 hours on Sunday. Managers will post the scores that they think will happen from these games (apart from games in which they are involved).  An average of all predictions will be taken, and then 0.5 points added to each teams score for each prediction that had them as the winner, and that will then be the final score.

Managers are asked to provide detail as to why they have predicted a result.  To be considered a descriptive prediction this must be a full 3 lines long when entered into the text box. 
Teams wrote:
When naming your team, not only should you put the starting XV and replacements, but also tactics that your team will employ. Results will be affected by the tactics described.

In addition, each team must have the following:-

For domestic competition at least 8 England qualified players in your match day 23, and at least 4 of those must be in your starting XV.

For European competition at least 8 England qualified players in your match day 23, and at least 6 of those must be in your starting XV.

At least 2 props and 1 hooker on the bench.

All players must be eligible (not injured or banned).

Failure to comply with these rules will result in a 1 league point deduction.

If you fail to submit a team for a match, then the other team will be automatically awarded a 30-0 bonus point win. If both teams fail to submit a team, then it will be scored as a 0-0 draw.
Injuries and Suspensions wrote:
Injuries in this game do NOT reflect real life, they will be generated by me.

Players banned in real life will be ineligible for selection in this game for the duration of the ban.

Inclusion of injured/banned players will result in them being replaced by players on the bench, and the bench not having eight players, which may result in punishment if it concerns the front-row.

Punishment for fielding an ineligible player will be loss of one match point.
Financial Rewards wrote:
There will be no rewards for the result of an individual match, instead the managers will receive cash for predicting.

£2m for descriptive predictions 
£0.25m for scores on the doors predictions
If you fail to predict without first advising me that you are unable to do so that week, you will be fined £1m for a first offence, £2m for a second offence, £3m for a third offence etc upto a maximum of £5m per fine.

AP finishing positions.

Champions: 8m
Runners Up: 6m
Playoff Semi Finalist Losers: 5m
5th: 4m
6th: 3.5m
7th: 3m
8th: 2.5m
9th: 2m
10th: 1.5m
11th: 1m
12th: 0.5m

Heineken Cup

Losing Quarter Finalists - £2 million each
Losing Semi Finalists - £3 million each
Runners Up - £4 million
Champions - £5 million

Amlin Challenge Cup

Losing Quarter Finalists - £1 million each
Losing Semi Finalists - £2 million each
Runners Up - £3 million
Champions - £4 million

Anglo-Welsh Cup

Losing Semi Finalist - £1 million each
Runners Up - £2 million
Champions - £3 million


If your budgets falls below minus £10 million for any reason, the administrators (SJE) will step in and players from within your squad will be released for the relevant financial compensation (foreign transfer value) in order to bring your budget back above minus £10 million.


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Post by dammit_chris Sun Mar 15, 2015 2:01 pm

He's a very clever player, I said so after the Wasps game last week and have said that I wouldn't mind him starting for England. The reason I don't like him on the bench is that it encourages us to kick a bit too much ball away in the final 20 minutes, when we really need our hands on it if we are behind. If we had great kick chasers in the back three then fine, but we don't.

Against the teams ahead of us in the rankings - NZ, SA, Ireland - we are second best in some key areas and largely chase the games in the final 20 minutes, so for me far better to have players who can make a difference and target tiring defences, especially when our pack usually provides a very solid platform to attack from.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sun Mar 15, 2015 2:25 pm

What if we're in front?

What if Youngs get injured 5 mins into the game? These are the reasons you need some control in your half backs. You can't play for every scenario but if you can't trust a player to start a game I don't see how he can be on the bench.

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Post by Guest Sun Mar 15, 2015 3:13 pm

French 10 having a mare.

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Post by dammit_chris Sun Mar 15, 2015 5:10 pm

If you're in front why take off players in the backline if they are playing well? They're all fit enough to last 80mins. Don't particularly like Lancaster's subs at pre selected times, Youngs had a great game yesterday so why take him off?

If Wiggles etc were miles ahead of the others then fair enough, but he's not - any number of no9s Care, Dickson, Simpson would do a job for England. People can get injured but hasn't happened in a while so why not pick players who can up a tempo in final quarter and take a bit more of a risk?


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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sun Mar 15, 2015 5:32 pm

Players can get injured at any point, Id hate to bring Simpson on after 5mins against any of the top sides, he's not a good scrum half.

Care, Youngs, Wigglesworth and Dickson are our best 4 scrum halfs. Robson is the one that could kick on and challenge.

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Post by Guest Sun Mar 15, 2015 6:37 pm

Intesting how we say Youngs is one of our best 9s: kind of shows how we don't have great players. Based on this 6 nations you would have Webb Murray gori and laidlaw ahead of him on performances. Gori has been a revelation for Italy

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Mon Mar 16, 2015 3:12 am

Only player I'd have ahead of Youngs is Murray.

Webb has been ok but Laidlaw has been poor and Gori is just not great.

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Post by Guest Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:19 am

If you were picking Lions team based on form in 6n then Youngs would be behind Murray Webb and laidlaw

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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:36 am

Murray I'd agree with but not a lot between Youngs/Webb this 6 nations and most scots want Laidlaw dropped. Hes been very ponderous this 6 nations.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:44 am

anonmattyt wrote:If you were picking Lions team based on form in 6n then Youngs would be behind Murray Webb and laidlaw

Agree with Johnny, I haven't see a Scottish fan who wants Laidlaw to start, he's been very slow.

Webb has had an up and down 6N, Youngs has really impressed against Wales & Scotland, he's a clear 2nd imo.

Laidlaw would get nowhere near a Lions squad.

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Post by BamBam Mon Mar 16, 2015 12:02 pm

PDST out of the RWC with injury

http://www.planetrugby.co.uk/story/0,25883,3551_37279,00.html

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Mon Mar 16, 2015 12:13 pm

He has less luck than Etzebeth

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Post by Steven_Sharks Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:26 pm

Feck

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:21 pm

Tom Francis called up to Welsh squad.

I was hoping SL might have got him involved for us to ease my EQ worries Sad

After Samson Lee, Wales have major issues at Prop. Evans can't scrummage and Francis has potential but he's hardly the fittest, Jenkins has struggled and Jarvis isn't great either.

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Post by BamBam Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:35 pm

If there was talk of this earlier, should have stuck him on the Saxons bench against the Wolfhounds. He's a better player than Jake Cooper Wooley for my money, and would have prevented him going over to the Welsh

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:39 pm

I know, it's a shame really. He's not ready for us I don't think, he's a bit chunky and unfit but he can scrummage.

Wales are in pretty dire straights past Lee.

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Post by Ozzy3213 Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:09 pm

Just seen that I have loads of player enquiries on my page. Sorry lads, not doing any deals at the moment, maybe at the end of the season.
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Post by ChequeredJersey Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:29 pm

In any team with another kicker, what's the point of Laidlaw at 9 or 10?
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Post by Guest Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:57 pm

Evans and lee will be Welsh props for years to come. Great debut by Evans on the weekend. With Baldwin looking good
At hooker Wales have some good lads coming through. Could do with some experoence in there like Adam jones

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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:01 pm

Evans was impressive around the park great tackle count but Marty Moore destroyed him there in the scrum at the end!

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Post by Guest Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:49 pm

Evans 21/22 Samson Lee 21/22 no age for props. They will both take the odd cuffing here and there as they develop but to be propping in int rugby that young you have to be seriously talented.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:12 am

That wasn't a great debut, Evans was anything but impressive, he got hammered.

Agree Matt, still kids, hard to tell if they'll develop at that age too.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:02 am

ChequeredJersey wrote:In any team with another kicker, what's the point of Laidlaw at 9 or 10?

Agree CJ, he's had a really poor 6N. I can't believe anybody in their right mind would think he's played better than Youngs???

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Post by Guest Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:05 am

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3551_37362,00.html

Team of week. Good to see Mas back

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:16 am

It was always going to happen against that Italian scrum, bloody awful.

Good to see Youngs, Ford & Nowell in there.

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Post by BamBam Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:34 am

So, predictions for the weekend? And i'm not talking about the big LV Cup battle between Ozzy and Steve boxing

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:53 am

England by 12
Ireland by 15
Wales by 25

Making it I think, an English 6N!

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Post by BamBam Tue Mar 17, 2015 11:18 am

I'm more pessimistic ..

Wales by 35
Ireland by 20
England by 10

I reckon that's an Ireland win?

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Post by Ozzy3213 Tue Mar 17, 2015 11:41 am

Just had a look on Corals for the handicaps. They have

Wales by 22
Ireland by 9
England by 10

By that reckoning it's England's title.
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Post by Guest Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:27 am

I think England game will be close on the weekend. Lopez is out which will help France as he has struggled to produce his club form. Also despite being probably loosehead of the tournament losing arous may help them. Domingo is cole's nemesis and has screwed him every time they have played so it could work in France's favour. Just hope Domingo has dimished a bit with his injuries.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:26 am

Domingo has not had a good season but his height does trouble a lot of TH's.

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Post by BamBam Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:31 am

http://www.planetrugby.co.uk/story/0,25883,3551_37931,00.html

France team

France: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Gaël Fickou, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Noa Nakaitaci, 10 Jules Plisson, 9 Sébastian Tillous-Borde, 8 Loann Goujon, 7 Bernard le Roux, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Alexandre Flanquart, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Vincent Debaty.

Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Rabah Slimani, 18 Uini Atonio, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Damien Chouly, 21 Rory Kockott, 22 Rémi Talès, 23 Mathieu Bastareaud.

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Post by Guest Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:31 am

He is an awkward scrummager and for some reason Cole has never been able to deal with him.
Also need a strong ref because he does really drive inwards making it really difficult. I was in Paris the one time and he was going in at right angles on Cole and it was a pen every time but the ref let it go. Isn't a prop In the world who can do anything about it if the ref lets cheating like that.

IN the old days the th would have given him a smack to stop it happening but that's a red now

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Post by Guest Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:32 am

That's great news. Debaty is not a starting LH. We should be able to dismantle their scrum

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Post by BamBam Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:32 am

They've got 2 tightheads on the bench unless either Slimani or Atonio play loosehead too?

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Post by Guest Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:32 am

Thanks mad St Andre

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:58 am

Crazy selections yet again, you've got to love the French.

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Post by BamBam Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:59 am

England side confirmed

15. Mike Brown (Harlequins, 36 caps)
14. Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, 8 caps)
13. Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 10 caps)
12. Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints, 11 caps)
11. Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs, 7 caps)
10. George Ford (Bath Rugby, 10 caps)
9. Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 46 caps)

1. Joe Marler (Harlequins, 30 caps)
2. Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints, 65 caps)
3. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 49 caps)
4. Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers, 22 caps)
5. Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 37 caps)
6. James Haskell (Wasps, 57 caps)
7. Chris Robshaw (captain, Harlequins, 36 caps)
8. Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 16 caps)

Replacements

16. Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 21 caps)
17. Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 19 caps)
18. Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons, 9 caps)
19. Nick Easter (Harlequins, 50 caps)
20. Tom Wood (Northampton Saints, 35 caps)
21. Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens, 20 caps)
22. Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks, 11 caps)
23. Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby, 19 caps)

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Post by dammit_chris Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:59 am

ENGLAND TEAM TO PLAY FRANCE:

15. Mike Brown (Harlequins, 36 caps)
14. Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, 8 caps)
13. Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 10 caps)
12. Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints, 11 caps)
11. Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs, 7 caps)
10. George Ford (Bath Rugby, 10 caps)
9. Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 46 caps)

1. Joe Marler (Harlequins, 30 caps)
2. Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints, 65 caps)
3. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 49 caps)
4. Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers, 22 caps)
5. Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 37 caps)
6. James Haskell (Wasps, 57 caps)
7. Chris Robshaw (captain, Harlequins, 36 caps)
8. Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 16 caps)

Replacements

16. Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 21 caps)
17. Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 19 caps)
18. Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons, 9 caps)
19. Nick Easter (Harlequins, 50 caps)
20. Tom Wood (Northampton Saints, 35 caps)
21. Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens, 20 caps)
22. Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks, 11 caps)
23. Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby, 19 caps)

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:00 am

Haskell is a lucky boy, Attwood not so lucky.

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Post by dammit_chris Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:01 am

Beat me to it Bam!

Bit worrying that we are having Easter as our second row replacement, Attwood's form has dropped off, but thought Kruis had given a good account of himself.

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Post by dammit_chris Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:03 am

On paper you wouldn't have many of those French players ahead of the English ones.

Haskell needs a big game, apart from the Welsh game his performances haven't been the best, but he does stop opponents getting over the gainline at every tackle.

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Post by Guest Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:42 am

Picking Easter as a second row sub Is weird.
What happens if parling is injured in 1st minute

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Post by Guest Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:44 am

Twelvetrees is the Carlton Palmer of rugby. Nobody can understand how he is in the squad

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:51 am

Easter adds a bit of something around the park and we have two line out leaders on the park, I can see the thinking. Attwood is slightly unlucky, I wouldn't have Kruis involved personally.

36 is an odd one but we need some midfield cover, I'd probably suggest Cipriani be dropped from the 23 and put somebody like May or Wade in.

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Post by dammit_chris Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:01 am

Both of those points you make though go against your arguments for not including Joe Simpson in the squad Pooly?

Easter isn't a second row specialist and if Parling or Lawes got injured in the first 5 minutes then we'd struggle in that area as I don't think he could last the pace of a full international, and also by saying Cips get dropped and have 36 covering as no10 - if something happened with Ford?

Do see your logic with Easter, but think that means we can now get a bench that includes Simpson Yahoo

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Post by dammit_chris Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:02 am

I kind of like Twelvetrees but at the same time don't - he should be a great international player but goes a bit headless chicken. Would like to have seen Slade there, as if you have him you get someone who can cover 10-13 and that allows us to get a back three attacking player in.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:18 am

Easter is a good 2nd row, Simpson is not a good scrum half.....

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Post by Driver Thu Mar 19, 2015 12:16 pm

I think Easter is a good impact sub he's offloading game could prove important late on.

Think you've got to have Wrigglesworth with Cipriani , you need some method to go with the maverick. If i was too pick somone to replace Twelvetrees at the minute it would Jonny May. He can play from 12-15 and would inject some serious pace into the game late on.
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Post by Sgt_Pooly Thu Mar 19, 2015 12:27 pm

I wouldn't trust May in Midfield Driver, he's too thick.

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