Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 5:59 pm
https://goo.gl/images/4z2PRDTheNomad wrote:Goode vs. Evil?Peej wrote:Goode versus Brown makes this quite interesting!
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Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 6:08 pm
Joking aside, the amount of injuries seems to be reaching ridiculous levels ...Which Tyler wrote:Given eddie's history - probably injured in training
I'm assuming (hoping) that the injuries are all minor knocks otherwise Eddie will end up naming a completely different squad on Monday.
I remember someone saying that we could/should have also had a Saxons tour this year. I think the past couple of weeks underline why that would never have happened.
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Thu May 25, 2017 7:44 pm
I'd still agree with him now, what Hansen perhaps didn't see coming was just how quickly those kids would grow up. I saw both the Villa Vs Man Utd games that season and it was after what I remember as the opening day defeat to Villa that Hansen made that comment and that day Villa did bully Utd, in the return leg Villa tried very much the same things and Utd weren't remotely bullied.Banquo wrote:TheNomad wrote:Yikes
England will not be bullied though, they have co-captains, Eddie saying it's important with so many kids around to split the roles of forwards/defence and backs/attack, I still don't understand why one would think of attack and defence as divisible in such fashion, and I bet we could add another 30 kids and Eddie wouldn't think his own authority should be shared. But whatever, it's a near nonsense game which one simply hopes the crowd enjoys and there aren't any injuries.
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 12:15 am
Franks. I thought it was his better position.Puja wrote:Not as scary as it could have been though. Also, don't they have two tightheads on the bench? Can one of Nel or Franks play 1?fivepointer wrote:BARBARIANS (v England, Twickenham, May 28, 3pm)
15 Alex Goode (Saracens & England) 21 caps
14 Timoci Nagusa (Montpellier & Fiji) 24
13 Yann David (Toulouse & France) 4
12 Frans Steyn (Montpellier & South Africa) 53
11 Adam Ashley-Cooper (Bordeaux-Begles & Australia) 116
10 Ian Madigan (Bordeaux-Begles & Ireland) 30
9 Kahn Fotuali’i (Bath Rugby & Samoa) 31
1 Mikheil Nariashvili (Montpellier & Georgia) 41
2 Richard Hibbard (Gloucester & Wales) 41
3 Census Johnston (Toulouse & Samoa) 59
4 Patricio Albacete (Toulouse & Argentina) 57
5 Jeremy Thrush (Gloucester & New Zealand)12
6 Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse & France, captain) 80
7 Steffon Armitage (Pau & England) 5
8 Facundo Isa (Lyon & Argentina) 25
Replacements
16 Schalk Brits (Saracens & South Africa) 10
17 Ben Franks (London Irish & New Zealand) 47
18 WP Nel (Edinburgh & Scotland) 15
19 Joe Tekori (Toulouse & Samoa) 34
20 Gillian Galan (Toulouse)
21 Ruan Pienaar (Ulster & South Africa) 88
22 Robbie Fruean (Bath Rugby)
23 Horacio Agulla (Castres & Argentina) 63
That's as good a BaaBaas side as we've seen in this fixture for a number of years.
Puja
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 12:44 am
I don't if Franks ever got a cap wearing 1. He mostly wore 17.
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 12:56 am
In my head I remember the Franks boys starting a test together. I certainly seem to remember them propping against each other when Ben was at the Canes.Lizard wrote:I don't if Franks ever got a cap wearing 1. He mostly wore 17.
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 8:00 am
Goode vs Angry?TheNomad wrote:Goode vs. Evil?Peej wrote:Goode versus Brown makes this quite interesting!
Hmm...
Not Test Level Player vs Test Level Player? Ah yes...
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 8:47 am
Not test level player Vs might once have been a test level player
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 9:36 am
There you go.Digby wrote:Not test level player Vs was clearly a fantastic test player for a good period, assuming your memory goes back more than a year
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 11:08 am
Ah surely England could have picked a fullback called Jones? Feel the force Eddy, I am your father.ckeyn wrote:Team announced:
Genge
Singleton
Collier
Ewels
Isiekwe
Robshaw
Underhill
Beaumont
Care
Ford
May
Lozowski
James
Earle
Brown
McGuigan, Harrison, Ford-Robinson, Ellis, B Curry, Wilson, Wigglesworth, Haley, Spencer, T Curry
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 9:12 pm
Fecking A. I'd like to see Ica.........but that is proper Steele-Bodger.Scrumhead wrote:Oof ... that's one hell of a side for such a green team to be taking on!
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 11:42 pm
It's not a claim I'm buying, he was better for a while than I thought he'd be, and it's not all on him that not enough people in the side could and would pass. But he's not been fantastic as a test player, in the same time period fantastic belongs to the likes of Smith not Brown. Brown's more a solid (which given it's test level is still rather impressive)Mikey Brown wrote:There you go.Digby wrote:Not test level player Vs was clearly a fantastic test player for a good period, assuming your memory goes back more than a year
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 3:04 pm
Any one have a link for this please?
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 3:05 pm
So which poster do we reckon is going to be first to make a sweeping judgement about one of the new "caps" proving they're not up to international rugby in this scratch, knock about friendly?
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 3:14 pm
They're all over us - we can hardly get our hands on the ball
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 3:18 pm
http://www.vipbox.live/rugby/480185/1/e ... nline.htmltwitchy wrote:Any one have a link for this please?
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 3:19 pm
A back line with Goode and Steyn in it is going to struggle to put the wind up the opposition....
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 3:21 pm
poor Nathan Earle... really should have got that try.
Big hit on Goode was fun though.
Big hit on Goode was fun though.
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 3:22 pm
bitts wrote:http://www.vipbox.live/rugby/480185/1/e ... nline.htmltwitchy wrote:Any one have a link for this please?
Thanks. Just in time for the try.
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 3:22 pm
Very nice work from the England 14 keeping the defense off there.
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 3:23 pm
May and Earle the fastest England wing combo ever?
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 3:24 pm
I would just like to point out that that try started with Mike Brown passing which I have been assured never happens...
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 3:24 pm
Crowd have a sterling golf clap going.
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 3:26 pm
Joz wrote:I would just like to point out that that try started with Mike Brown passing which I have been assured never happens...
It's a unicorn.
Re: England vs Barbarians
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 3:30 pm
My god Earle is erratic, but I can see the potential. Not sure why they're bigging him up quite so much. James did very well off a terrible drifting run/pass by Earle to gift him a try.