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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Sat Apr 11, 2015 12:14 pm

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Breaking News: London Wasps regain their crown following playoff final victory. 
 


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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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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 prop_lyd Sun May 24, 2015 5:58 pm

What a try!!!!!!!!!
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Post by prop_lyd Sun May 24, 2015 6:01 pm

One of the games of the season to watch! Fair play to Connacht too, Carty and Healy were outstanding
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Post by Ozzy3213 Sun May 24, 2015 9:10 pm

Bit disappointing that with 50 minutes until predos close, just myself, Mat, Pooly and Bam have predicted. These are the play offs, would be nice to have a full set of predictions.
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Post by Fluxy Sun May 24, 2015 10:05 pm

I thought they were open until Monday because of the bank holiday?

Just about to do my predos anyway!

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Post by prop_lyd Sun May 24, 2015 10:15 pm

I'm going to have to be tomorrow sorry
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Post by LukeLovesLuka Sun May 24, 2015 11:06 pm

Will do tomorrow evening. Away for BH

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Post by Ozzy3213 Mon May 25, 2015 11:24 am

What's the craic with foreigns this summer?
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Post by Fluxy Mon May 25, 2015 11:32 am

The bottom three are the only sides allowed to make any Very Happy

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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Mon May 25, 2015 11:38 am

Window won't be opening till mid June date to be decided but will be some time after the 10th. At the moment looking like Welsh/Irish getting 2 signings each and then the window opening for everyone.

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Post by Fluxy Mon May 25, 2015 11:53 am

Is it not a draft system in reverse order to the standings in the league SJE? Or was that a one off?

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Post by dammit_chris Mon May 25, 2015 11:54 am

Quite like the draft system, gives teams the chance to catch up a bit and then open the foreigns up properly. Seemed to work well last year.

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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Mon May 25, 2015 12:06 pm

That was a once off two/three years ago now I think? Outside of the bottom two there isn't much of a gap these days in the league. I'm very reluctant to give any side a leg up over the others when the league is the closest its ever been. 

My plan is to let Welsh and Irish pick two players each from the foreign market and then just open it for everyone else.

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Post by Fluxy Mon May 25, 2015 12:15 pm

Fair enough I suppose. Anyone up for end of season deals? stuck at work and want to do some re-jigging of my squad and side for next season

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Post by Ozzy3213 Mon May 25, 2015 12:15 pm

Sounds reasonable to me.
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Post by Fluxy Mon May 25, 2015 12:49 pm

Exeter Chiefs are willing to listen to offers on the following players:

Dimitri Szarzewski
LH - Wyatt Crockett
LH - Ryan Grant
TH - James Cooper-Wooley
TH - Phil Swainston
LK - Tomas Lavanini
LK - Michael Paterson
LK - Kane Douglas
BR - James Haskell
BR - Yannick Nyanga
SH - Chris Cook
SH - Nic White
FH - Toby Flood
IC/OC - Alex Dunbar
OC - Adam Ashley-Cooper
WG - Andrew Trimble
WG/FB - Maxime Medard
FB/WG/CE - James O'Connor

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Mon May 25, 2015 2:18 pm

All Sarries players available thumbsup

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Mon May 25, 2015 3:06 pm

England XV squad to play Barbarians:
Backs
Will Chudley (Exeter Chiefs)
Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks)
Elliot Daly (Wasps)
Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints) captain
Shane Geraghty (London Irish)
Alex Lewington (London Irish)
Mathew Tait (Leicester Tigers)
Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)
Christian Wade (Wasps)
Marland Yarde (Harlequins)
Forwards
Josh Beaumont (Sale Sharks)
Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons)
Jack Clifford (Harlequins)
Jake Cooper-Woolley (Wasps)
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs)
Gareth Denman (Northampton Saints)
Jon Fisher (Northampton Saints)
James Gaskell (Wasps)
Joe Launchbury (Wasps)
Matt Mullan (Wasps)
Ed Slater (Leicester Tigers)
Tommy Taylor (Sale Sharks)
Alex Waller (Northampton Saints)
Mark Wilson (Newcastle Falcons)

Very much a fringe squad as expected......Gareth Denman?!?!?!?

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Post by Driver Mon May 25, 2015 3:10 pm

Dickson , Cipriani , Wade , Slade , Daley , Yarde and tait is a dangerous group of 7.
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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Mon May 25, 2015 7:24 pm

Just getting round to watching the Bath Tigers semi now. Cracking start from Bath. JJ such a great runner. His footwork just before contact is tremendous.

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Post by Ozzy3213 Mon May 25, 2015 8:18 pm

Bath's backline is scintillating, but then when you break the salary cap you'd expect it to be. Wink
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Post by Sgt_Pooly Mon May 25, 2015 8:20 pm

You're sounding like a bitter Tigers fan Pete lol.

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Post by Ozzy3213 Mon May 25, 2015 8:22 pm

Fair play to them Pooly on the style of their play, but it does leave a bitter taste that the two sides who are over the cap and essentially used their money (and lawyers) to bully the rest into suspending the investigation, are in the final.
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Post by Guest Mon May 25, 2015 8:27 pm

I hope sarries smash them as a bitter Gloucester Fan.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Mon May 25, 2015 8:45 pm

I see your point but it's not a new thing. Tigers have been finding ways around the system for years.

I'm not even sure the salary cap could be truly enforced if they wanted to. Its more like a guideline tbh

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Post by Ozzy3213 Mon May 25, 2015 8:53 pm

I guess the difference is that Tigers were only investigated once, and took their punishment on the chin when they came up over. Wray and Craig on the other hand, threw their toys out and threatened all sorts. The cap is there to ensure a level (ish) playing field and that clubs don't overstretch themselves and go bust. If it's removed as they want, it will eb the end of the game as we know it in this country.
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Post by Sgt_Pooly Mon May 25, 2015 9:05 pm

Yea, we'd certainly sink without a cap. I'm really not sure much can be done to police it though, it's dodgy ground.

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Post by Steven_Sharks Tue May 26, 2015 11:11 am

Sinckler, TPN, Afoa, Hamilton, Braid, Easter, Dickson, West, Olding, Halai, Tomane, Slade, Lewington, JMH all available in right deal

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Tue May 26, 2015 2:01 pm

Available at Sarries:

Alex Waller
Keven Mealamu
Sam Carter
Jannie du Plessis
James Horwill
Dave Denton
Heinrich Brussow
Tom Taylor
Matt Tait
Scott Spedding
Bernard Foley

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Post by BamBam Tue May 26, 2015 5:09 pm

Dylan Hartley has been cited for a headbutt .. wonder how this will be treated

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Tue May 26, 2015 5:49 pm

He's just an idiot.

With the form he's showed over the last year or so he wouldn't be a huge loss.

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Post by dammit_chris Tue May 26, 2015 7:45 pm

Its from when saints scored a try (their second one), which got referred to TMO I believe to look at Hartley and found nothing wrong. Nothing in it, unless there is another incident. His reputation goes against him, compare that to Ba on Hughes a few weeks ago...

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Post by CJB Tue May 26, 2015 7:52 pm

Available at Bath

Tom Dunn
James Johnston
Ben Tameifuma
Luke Charteris
James Gaskell
Alexander Flanquardt
Liam Messam
Siya Kolisi
Fourie Du Preez
Maxime Machenaud
Charlie Hodgson
Richard Kahui
Christian Lealifano
Aurelien Rougerie
Michele Campagnaro
Alex Goode
Kurtley Beale

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Tue May 26, 2015 10:01 pm

It's a common theme with Hartley, he's always struggled with his temper. The bloke is just an idiot tbh

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Post by Steven_Sharks Wed May 27, 2015 9:40 am

JD2 out of World Cup.

Hartley headbutt nothing. Ridiculous citing.

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Post by Guest Wed May 27, 2015 9:42 am

That's Wales screwed at 13. Personally think Scott Williams is poor at int level.

Conor Murray is seeing a knee specialist also. He is crucial to Ireland

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Post by BamBam Wed May 27, 2015 10:04 am

Scott Williams will do fine, but JD2 is a big loss

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Wed May 27, 2015 10:11 am

Williams has been in better form than Roberts & Davies. He's a class act and would walk international England side

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Post by dammit_chris Wed May 27, 2015 10:37 am

Agree with you Steve on the Hartley citing, I didn't realise you could cite someone after its been reviewed and spotted by TMO? Bizarre really, if it was done fairly then Burger would be up for quite a bit as well after the game.

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Post by Steven_Sharks Wed May 27, 2015 11:33 am

No chance Williams walks into England's side.

He's a way off JD and Roberts who were undoubtedly the first choices. I think Williams and Cory Allen will have a big fight for the 13 jersey.

I could also see North getting a run there as I think they want to get Halfpenny and Williams on the pitch. Interesting times for Wales. Might put Hook there to give another controlling influence outside Biggar.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Wed May 27, 2015 11:37 am

Williams is much better than any of our 12 options by a fair distance, he's quality.

He's certainly been in better form than both Roberts & Davies and I'd argue he's a better player than Roberts, he's certainly got a more rounded skill set.

They're screwed if they get another centre injury as the others are a big drop from Williams.

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Post by Steven_Sharks Wed May 27, 2015 1:02 pm

Backs: Will Chudley (Exeter Chiefs), Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks), Elliot Daly (Wasps), Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints) captain, Shane Geraghty (London Irish), Alex Lewington (London Irish), Mathew Tait (Leicester Tigers), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Christian Wade (Wasps), Marland Yarde (Harlequins)

Forwards: Josh Beaumont (Sale Sharks), Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons), Jack Clifford (Harlequins), Jake Cooper-Woolley (Wasps), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs), Gareth Denman (Northampton Saints), Jon Fisher (Northampton Saints), James Gaskell (Wasps), Joe Launchbury (Wasps), Matt Mullan (Wasps), Ed Slater (Leicester Tigers), Tommy Taylor (Sale Sharks), Alex Waller (Northampton Saints), Mark Wilson (Newcastle Falcons)

It's basically the best of the rest after you take out England's best 23 and anyone who playing in the AP final.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Wed May 27, 2015 1:04 pm

And Gareth Denman.....

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Post by Steven_Sharks Wed May 27, 2015 1:17 pm

1. Marler
2. Hartley (playing)
3. Wilson (Playing)
4. Lawes
5. Attwood (Playing)
6. Haskell
7. Robshaw
8. Billy V (Playing)
9. Youngs
10. Ford (playing)
11. Nowell
12. Burrell
13. JJ (Playing)
14. Watson (Playing)
15. Brown

16. Youngs
17. Mako (playing)
18. Cole
19. Easter
20. Wood
21. Wigglesworth (playing)
22. Farrell (playing)
23. Twelvetrees

With the likes of Care, May, Corbs and around the squad all the time anyway.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Wed May 27, 2015 2:07 pm

Swap in Cole/Launchbury/Barritt for Wilson/Attwood/Burrell and you have your starting XV I reckon.

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Post by BamBam Wed May 27, 2015 2:21 pm

Steven_Sharks wrote:Backs: Will Chudley (Exeter Chiefs), Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks), Elliot Daly (Wasps), Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints) captain, Shane Geraghty (London Irish), Alex Lewington (London Irish), Mathew Tait (Leicester Tigers), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Christian Wade (Wasps), Marland Yarde (Harlequins)

Forwards: Josh Beaumont (Sale Sharks), Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons), Jack Clifford (Harlequins), Jake Cooper-Woolley (Wasps), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs), Gareth Denman (Northampton Saints), Jon Fisher (Northampton Saints), James Gaskell (Wasps), Joe Launchbury (Wasps), Matt Mullan (Wasps), Ed Slater (Leicester Tigers), Tommy Taylor (Sale Sharks), Alex Waller (Northampton Saints), Mark Wilson (Newcastle Falcons)

It's basically the best of the rest after you take out England's best 23 and anyone who playing in the AP final.

So out of that lot ..

Mullan, LCD, Brookes
Launchbury, Slater
Wilson, Clifford, Beaumont

Dickson, Cips
Slade, Daly
Wade, Tait, Yarde

Bench - Waller, Taylor, JCW, Fisher, Gaskell, Chudley, Geraghty, Lewington

Like the look of 10-15 going forwards! Hopefully Launchbury, Slater and Slade can really make a mark, those are the most like 3 to get into the RWC squad of that lot other than the props I reckon

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Post by dammit_chris Wed May 27, 2015 3:09 pm

THink May wll work his way back into the team, he's been playing very well and just looks electric for Gloucester atm. Getting dropped by Lancaster has upped his game a lot, just offers so much with the kick chase.

Watson could possibly start to put Brown under a lot more pressure now as well, he's just been in incredible form for Bath recently and definitely a better fb as opposed to winger.

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Post by BamBam Wed May 27, 2015 3:18 pm

Haven't seen much of Watson at FB in the last month or so, but he's never struck me as being massively commanding under the high ball, which worries me a bit

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Post by dammit_chris Wed May 27, 2015 3:29 pm

He's very good in dry conditions, I'd share the same opinion when the conditions aren't as good. He's been exceptional since moving to 15 for Bath though, may take one or two too many chances, but getting him, JJ and Ford linking up for England is very exciting.

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Post by Steven_Sharks Wed May 27, 2015 3:31 pm

I just don't think we can play barritt inbetween Ford and JJ. He'd kill it. Burrell for me. Or 36 if he could get some consistency

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Post by dammit_chris Wed May 27, 2015 3:46 pm

Barritt's an odd one, as potentially you could pick him just to allow Lancaster to pick a more adventurous backline, which could have May, Nowell and Watson. But have same misgivings as you there Steve.

36 should be the answer but he just seems shot of confidence and I am never 100% sure if Burrell can take his style from the AP to international level, but he was good against Sarries this week and playing between Ford and JJ could bring the best out of him.

Big thing will be if Slade plays well for England at n012 this weekend, if he does then can expect him to push himself toward a WC squad in the same way Catt did in 2003.

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