U20s v Wales

[fivepointer]

England men U20s side to face Wales

15. Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)
14. Gabriel Hamer-Webb (Bath Rugby)
13. Connor Doherty (Sale Sharks) - captain
12. Max Ojomoh (Bath Rugby)
11. Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks)
10. George Barton (Gloucester Rugby)
9. Sam Maunder (Exeter Chiefs)
1. Emmanuel Iyogun (Northampton Saints)
2. Theo Dan (Saracens)
3. Cal Ford (Sale Sharks)
4. Hugh Tizard (Harlequins)
5. George Hammond (Harlequins)
6. Rob Farrar (Newcastle Falcons)
7. Richard Capstick (Exeter Chiefs)
8. Rusiate Tuima (Exeter Chiefs)

Replacements:
16. Sam Riley (Harlequins)
17. Sam Crean (Saracens)
18. Harvey Beaton (Saracens)
19. Alex Groves (Bristol Bears)
20. Jack Clement (Gloucester)
21. Jack Van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers)
22. Will Haydon-Wood (Newcastle Falcons)
23. Josh Gillespie (Northampton Saints)

[Stom]

So it wasn’t Puja’s nasty words that got JvP dropped but his u20 commitments

[Puja]

So it wasn’t Puja’s nasty words that got JvP dropped but his u20 commitments

Except that was for last week and Prem clubs take precedence over the U20s during the 6N. It was definitely my nasty words/Leicester's iffy man management.

Puja

[Banquo]

So it wasn’t Puja’s nasty words that got JvP dropped but his u20 commitments

Except that was for last week and Prem clubs take precedence over the U20s during the 6N. It was definitely my nasty words/Leicester's iffy man management.

Puja

I come to bury JVP, not to praise him.

[Digby]

So it wasn’t Puja’s nasty words that got JvP dropped but his u20 commitments

Except that was for last week and Prem clubs take precedence over the U20s during the 6N. It was definitely my nasty words/Leicester's iffy man management.

Puja

I come to bury JVP, not to praise him.

You'll need to dig him up first, and Puja buried him then laid a concrete foundation and erected a multistorey carpark

[fivepointer]

Alex Groves is a new name to me. Not named in the original squad. Bristol website -
"Alex Groves arrived at Bristol Bears in January 2020 on a two year agreement with the integrated Academy.
The lock, who joins from St John’s College in South Africa, has represented the Golden Lions XV at the Craven Week.
Groves made his club debut in the Premiership Shield in Bristol Bears 'A's draw with Saracens Storm"

He's 6'8" and 120kg. I assume EQ?

[WaspInWales]

Anyone else watching?

[Buggaluggs]

tracking the score. THE Scottish fan club streams their games (https://www.scottishrugby.org/fanzone/) but there's no obvious stream for the other teams.

[Gloskarlos]

Poor tackling for the welsh tries and a lack of any goal kicking from Barton the difference. We scored 4 tries and conceded 2, but lost 22-23.

[Buggaluggs]

Wasn't expecting that.

[MrK]

Wasn't expecting that.

No but I’ll take it .

Costelow obviously had a very good game but I thought our props and back row were excellent tonight .

[Graigwen]

I must admit I expected us to lose this. A bit of a turn around from losing to Italy.

[WaspInWales]

Only watched bits of it, but we didn't deserve to win, 4 tries or not. The Welsh fly half was good tbh. Peach of a try...shoddy defence but it was quality. 18 points from the lad.

Too many mistakes and poor discipline from our lads. I thought we fucked up the bp try as the try scoring pass was given too early and that gave Wales a sniff at making the tackle. Got his ankle but he managed to stumble over. The conversion made it 22=20 with a few mins left.

Right from the restart, we stray offside at a ruck and Costeloe bangs over a drop goal playing advantage.

Think Greenwood mentioned that pretty much every time we scored we gave away points immediately. Just not very smart.

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[fivepointer]

That was a poor effort at times. Too many dull errors and wrong options. Even so we scored 4 tries and could have won with a bit more nous. Seems to be a lack of leadership with this group and I wonder about the quality of the coaching.
Of the players, I thought Dan was again really good. In the backs Ojomoh impressed and I think Barton has something about him. Too many others were a bit anonymous and I sense that this group havent done themselves justice this 6N.
It may be the last time we see them. They wont play against Italy and the JWC may not go ahead in June as its scheduled to take place in Italy too.