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Epaminondas Pules wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:55 pm

SixAndAHalf wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:41 pm

Scrumhead wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 10:54 am

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Personally, I’ve been waiting for him to get his chance as I’m confident he has the goods to be a very decent player. I don’t know how much game time he’ll get across the run-in. We play 5 of the current top 6 (the other is us) win 3 away from home (Bath, Tigers and Bristol). Now we have a more realistic shot at the play offs, I’d expect Marcus to lead the charge. Particularly given there’s a Lions spot at stake for him.

Benson would be a good shout for future A squads though. Atkinson hasn’t really lived up to his early promise at Wasps and Bailey is too far down the pecking order at Bath (and now injured I think?).

If FSmith and MSmith go on the Lions tour then we are very much into the Atkinson realm for back up ten! I'm sure Benson was rated highly through the age groups but obviously missed a few years to get his degree (probably a sensible call given the nature of rugby).

Any chance MSmith plays mins at 15 for Quins?

On back up 10s, it was also good to see Coen starting for Chiefs and having a few good touches in a chaotic game.

Benson was very highly rated through age grades. A real talent. He’s not had the development plan to help him kick on. And it is down to the individual plans that we don’t have in place for the talent pipeline that hurts us badly in our conversion of talent into maturity.

As Mr B said he’s does a very decent stint at 12, and was seen as a 10/12 as he progressed through the age groups, though he predominantly played 10.

I said to Dommers and Steph we should go for the corner, we’ve got the momentum. Jamie walks over and says “if you want the score to be 12-13 I’ll kick it between the posts”

Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Wed Mar 26, 2025 8:15 pm Oscar Beard on Jamie Benson at the point we’re 12-10 down, having won a penalty on the halfway line.

I said to Dommers and Steph we should go for the corner, we’ve got the momentum. Jamie walks over and says “if you want the score to be 12-13 I’ll kick it between the posts”

Thought this was quite funny.

Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Wed Mar 26, 2025 8:15 pm Oscar Beard on Jamie Benson at the point we’re 12-10 down, having won a penalty on the halfway line.

I said to Dommers and Steph we should go for the corner, we’ve got the momentum. Jamie walks over and says “if you want the score to be 12-13 I’ll kick it between the posts”

Thought this was quite funny.

Puja wrote: ↑Wed Mar 26, 2025 8:32 pm

Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Wed Mar 26, 2025 8:15 pm Oscar Beard on Jamie Benson at the point we’re 12-10 down, having won a penalty on the halfway line.

I said to Dommers and Steph we should go for the corner, we’ve got the momentum. Jamie walks over and says “if you want the score to be 12-13 I’ll kick it between the posts”

Thought this was quite funny.

Hah! There's no denying the generation coming through have got some minerals and aren't afraid to be cocky.

Puja

FKAS wrote: ↑Thu Mar 27, 2025 7:38 am

Puja wrote: ↑Wed Mar 26, 2025 8:32 pm

Mikey Brown wrote: ↑Wed Mar 26, 2025 8:15 pm Oscar Beard on Jamie Benson at the point we’re 12-10 down, having won a penalty on the halfway line.



Thought this was quite funny.

Hah! There's no denying the generation coming through have got some minerals and aren't afraid to be cocky.

Puja

Got to have some swagger if you're going to play 10. At some point you will make a mistake that costs your team, need to be able to brush that off and refocus. Good self belief from Benson, backed it up as well.