1. Stevens
2. Hartley (captain)
3. Cole
4. Lawes
5. Palmer
6. Croft
7. Wood
8. Robshaw
9. Simpson
10. Flood
11. Sharples
12. Hape
13. Tuilagi
14. Ashton
15. Foden
1. Stevens
2. Hartley
3. Cole
4. Lawes
5. Palmer
6. Wood
7. Haskell
8. Robshaw
9. Youngs
10. Flood
11. Cueto
12. Tindall
13. Tuliagi
14. Ashton
15. Foden
16. Thompson
17. Sheridan
18. Botha
19. Croft
20. Care
21. Wilkinson
22. Sharples
Take Sharples tho over armitage cos cueto can cover 15
]]>Anyone remember who/where it was when a sports team tried to get as many song references in their interviews as possible? I can’t put my finger on it but remember someone getting particularly ridiculous with it and letting the cat out of the bag.
]]>I like Botha and would bring him in above Deacon and probably Shaw as well.
Banahan is taken as flutey is completely out of form and he can cover wing as well
Really can’t decide betwen Sharples and Armitage – I would much prefer Sharples but we need some full-back cover
Props – Stevens, Sheridan, Cole, Corbisiero
Hookers – Hartley, Thompson, Mears
Locks – Lawes, Palmer, Botha,
Back row – Wood, Easter, Croft, Haskell, Robshaw, Moody
Scrum half – Youngs, Care, Wigglesworth
Fly hlaf – Wilkinson, Flood, Hodgson
Centre – Tindall, Tuilagi, Hape, Banahan
Wings/Full backs – Cueto, Ashton, Armitage/Sharples, Foden
he did this frequently against the boks and i was screaming at the telly.
As an aside, check out Fodens comments re Sharples and Tuilagi
]]>I noticed him clearing out one ruck on Sat that he had joined not from behind the back foot but literally from the from the South African side of the ruck – and he got away with it
Once Pocock can do things like that, I will hail him as the best international 7 – although he has stiff competition in Brussow
As for Robshaw, I’ve always thought of him as more of a blindside flanker and that’s where Quins have tended to play him, with Skinner on the open-side.
Robshaw strikes me as being a bit Richard Hill-esque – fully of energy, always there to support or make the tackle, etc, etc
]]>I do think the mantle of ‘worlds best no.7’ will pass to Pocock this year though.
]]>Ona slightly different note, watching the NZ v SA game, did anyone think that Mccaw wasnt up to his best?
He seems a few yards slower than usual and without the all round destructiveness of old.
I think hes lost it.
]]>He’s not a number 8 based on the few times he’s played there for Quins but to be fair, our backrow at the time wasnt very well balanced.
]]>Ive always been a real LSD fan but the reality is that he cant defend properly and the best int wings are rounded players who are often the last line of defence.
Sharples also has a fantastic kicking game which i only really noticed end of the prem season.
Monye is good. Look – if mcgeechan picked him for the lions , mcgeechan is right! Hes sorted out some issues with his play and tackles like a beast.
Ive read that other players have been told they are not needed but are still in the squad (payne) to help out with training.
Back row is our biggest dilemma. Easter will defo start, as will croft. So the last slot should be robshaw i think.
What is robshaws best position?
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