Comments on: Six young players to watch in the European Champions Cup http://www.therugbyblog.com/six-young-players-to-watch-in-the-european-champions-cup Rugby Union opinion and discussion, for the fans, by the fans. Thu, 19 May 2016 08:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: DanDhttp://www.therugbyblog.com/six-young-players-to-watch-in-the-european-champions-cup#comment-371731 Fri, 17 Oct 2014 05:09:12 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=35014#comment-371731 I preferred him at fullback, he picked better running lines. At centre he goes for the outside arc almost every time, trying to then offload in the tackle, he very very rarely runs straight and passes the ball along. Which is a shame, because when you have even better finishers outside of him, it would work very well. He needs to massively develop his passing game if he wants to start threatening (it will keep the defences guessing a bit more too).

]]> By: EddieStephenshttp://www.therugbyblog.com/six-young-players-to-watch-in-the-european-champions-cup#comment-371730 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:48:50 +0000 http://www.therugbyblog.com/?p=35014#comment-371730 Elliot Daly is a really exciting player, and will be fun to watch in Europe, but he has two problems, regarding his potential England future.
The first is, that old chestnut, versatility: he does seem to be moved around a lot at Wasps, and it’s hard to tell whether his best position is at centre or fullback. It appears that he’s being used mainly as a centre, of late, but that brings us to the second issue: there are SO many good young centres on the scene, now, 12Trees, Burrell, and Manu have been at the forefront of England’s plans over the last few seasons, and now the Bath duo of Eastmond and Joseph are really lighting up the premiership, and you get the feeling that Lancaster will have to unleash the duo in the near future. Add to that the undeniable potential of Henry Slade and his Exeter companion, Hill, and you do get the sense that Daly’s chances are slipping.

Maybe, the Champions Cup will give Daly a chance to remind everyone of his talents, but I’m sure that the aforementioned players will be eager to show off, too.

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