twitchy wrote:What happened to ted hill? Bad injury? He seems to have vanished from the england radar.
He's fit and playing consistently well for Worcester.
Jones lost interest in him after giving him 2 run outs as a sub.
Seriously good player who doesnt have any major weaknesses and has a lot going for him.
Beats me why he's been discarded.
He was fairly anonymous at the weekend. I think Eddie was interested when he played a couple of games at lock towards the end of last season. From memory he came off the bench to play lock in the summer for England.
Problem he has is that club mate Hatherall is having a storming season and plays pretty much the same position. Lawes is the preferred lock/6, Isiekwe seems to have come back into favour, Martin has been around squads and outplayed Hill fairly emphatically at the weekend (some huge hits) and now Chessum is in the squad and is a better lineout option.
He's good enough to get another go but probably needs to put in some performances that you just can't ignore.
twitchy wrote:What happened to ted hill? Bad injury? He seems to have vanished from the england radar.
He's fit and playing consistently well for Worcester.
Jones lost interest in him after giving him 2 run outs as a sub.
Seriously good player who doesnt have any major weaknesses and has a lot going for him.
Beats me why he's been discarded.
He was fairly anonymous at the weekend. I think Eddie was interested when he played a couple of games at lock towards the end of last season. From memory he came off the bench to play lock in the summer for England.
Problem he has is that club mate Hatherall is having a storming season and plays pretty much the same position. Lawes is the preferred lock/6, Isiekwe seems to have come back into favour, Martin has been around squads and outplayed Hill fairly emphatically at the weekend (some huge hits) and now Chessum is in the squad and is a better lineout option.
He's good enough to get another go but probably needs to put in some performances that you just can't ignore.
Bit surprised(or perhaps not:)) that Warriors didn’t play Kvesic at 7 and Ted Hill at 8 in this interim period. Would have thought Ted Hill would be a better fit at 8 if he wasn’t being selected in his preferred 6 role?
BREAKING: Alfie Barbeary, Jonny Hill, Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes, Tom Pearson, Mark Atkinson, Tommy Freeman, George Furbank, Raffi Quirke, Orlando Bailey, Ollie Hassell-Collins, Louis Lynagh and Luke Northmore released ahead of this weekend.
fivepointer wrote:BREAKING: Alfie Barbeary, Jonny Hill, Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes, Tom Pearson, Mark Atkinson, Tommy Freeman, George Furbank, Raffi Quirke, Orlando Bailey, Ollie Hassell-Collins, Louis Lynagh and Luke Northmore released ahead of this weekend.
Hope Pearson had fun and got a commemorative training top during his one day at England training! Not that I particularly think he's at all ready for international rugby yet, but it seems a bit odd to have him there just for the day.
fivepointer wrote:BREAKING: Alfie Barbeary, Jonny Hill, Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes, Tom Pearson, Mark Atkinson, Tommy Freeman, George Furbank, Raffi Quirke, Orlando Bailey, Ollie Hassell-Collins, Louis Lynagh and Luke Northmore released ahead of this weekend.
Radwan retained....
weird on launch and lawes
You'd imagine it's a fitness thing for both of them. Although personally I think I'd rather have a half-fit Launch than a fully-fit Isiekwe.
fivepointer wrote:BREAKING: Alfie Barbeary, Jonny Hill, Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes, Tom Pearson, Mark Atkinson, Tommy Freeman, George Furbank, Raffi Quirke, Orlando Bailey, Ollie Hassell-Collins, Louis Lynagh and Luke Northmore released ahead of this weekend.
Radwan retained....
weird on launch and lawes
Just need some game time? Though it is another chance to get injured.
We're left with 27 players.
9 front rowers, so 3 of them wont make the cut.
Itoje, Isiekwe and Ewels at lock
BR's Curry, Dombrandt, Simmonds and Chessum
SH's are Youngs and Randall
FH's are Ford and Smith
Centres Slade, Marchant, Daly
Back3 Malins, Nowell, Radwan, Steward
Chessum is going to be in the matchday 23
One back to be left out. Radwan, Daly or Nowell for the 23 shirt?
fivepointer wrote:BREAKING: Alfie Barbeary, Jonny Hill, Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes, Tom Pearson, Mark Atkinson, Tommy Freeman, George Furbank, Raffi Quirke, Orlando Bailey, Ollie Hassell-Collins, Louis Lynagh and Luke Northmore released ahead of this weekend.
Radwan retained....
weird on launch and lawes
Just need some game time? Though it is another chance to get injured.
Has Randall played enough recently?
Randall must wonder if he's only good enough for a few minutes against Italy in Jones's eyes.