England Squad for the AIs

[Stom]

#Justice4AnthonyAllen

With his all of 2 caps...

Should have had more.

[fivepointer]

Stuart Abbott. 9 caps in 4 years. Should have had a lot more.

[FKAS]

Stuart Abbott. 9 caps in 4 years. Should have had a lot more.

Stuart Abbott and Ollie Smith the centre partnership that should have been.

[FKAS]

#Justice4AnthonyAllen

With his all of 2 caps...

Should have had more.

100%

[Banquo]

#Justice4AnthonyAllen

With his all of 2 caps...

Should have had more.

100%

absolutely massive fan at the time- posted continually about it! Nice lad, coaches at my club now.

[Banquo]

Stuart Abbott. 9 caps in 4 years. Should have had a lot more.

He bust his leg, wasn't quite the same after. Good partnership with Fraser Waters iirc.

[Banquo]

Stuart Abbott. 9 caps in 4 years. Should have had a lot more.

Stuart Abbott and Ollie Smith the centre partnership that should have been.

yep, Ollie was very good. IIRC ruined by a Lions tour? (SCW)

[Epaminondas Pules]

Stuart Abbott. 9 caps in 4 years. Should have had a lot more.

Stuart Abbott and Ollie Smith the centre partnership that should have been.

yep, Ollie was very good. IIRC ruined by a Lions tour? (SCW)

His dad died suddenly before the tour, which was a shitter

[Banquo]

Stuart Abbott and Ollie Smith the centre partnership that should have been.

yep, Ollie was very good. IIRC ruined by a Lions tour? (SCW)

His dad died suddenly before the tour, which was a shitter

ah yes, I remember, never quite the same player.

[Epaminondas Pules]

yep, Ollie was very good. IIRC ruined by a Lions tour? (SCW)

His dad died suddenly before the tour, which was a shitter

ah yes, I remember, never quite the same player.

That coupled with knowing he was a dirt tracker from day one didn't help. Think he lost a bit of love for the game, and where the move to France helped reinvigorate him. Just then the bloody knee injury(s) did for him Think he was only 27 or 28 when he retired.

[Stom]

With his all of 2 caps...

Should have had more.

100%

absolutely massive fan at the time- posted continually about it! Nice lad, coaches at my club now.

12 has been a bit of a theme these past...20 years. As Mikey said.

Insane, really, that we can't produce a single allround 12.

[Banquo]

Saints:
5 George Hendy
14 James Ramm
13 Tom Litchfield
12 Rory Hutchinson
11 Tom Seabrook
10 George Makepeace-Cubitt – Saint #2095
9 Tom James
1 Tom West
2 Curtis Langdon
3 Elliot Millar Mills
4 Temo Mayanavanua
5 Alex Coles (c)
6 Josh Kemeny
7 Tom Pearson
8 Henry Pollock

Replacements:
16 Craig Wright
17 Emmanuel Iyogun
18 Luke Green
19 Gavin Thornbury
20 Angus Scott-Young
21 Archie McParland
22 Charlie Savala
23 Jake Garside

Not available for selection:
Juarno Augustus, Emeka Atuanya, Fraser Dingwall, Sam Graham, Tom Lockett, Alex Mitchell, Burger Odendaal, Toby Thame and Robbie Smith.

International duty:
Trevor Davison, Tommy Freeman, George Furbank, Ollie Sleightholme and Fin Smith (all England).

Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys
Assistant referees: Anthony Woodthorpe and Harry Walbaum
No.4: Neil Chivers
TMO: Andrew Jackson

needs rethreading

[Mikey Brown]

I just sort of assumed that was Adam P taking a stab at his preferred England side.

[Banquo]

I just sort of assumed that was Adam P taking a stab at his preferred England side.

[FKAS]

His dad died suddenly before the tour, which was a shitter

ah yes, I remember, never quite the same player.

That coupled with knowing he was a dirt tracker from day one didn't help. Think he lost a bit of love for the game, and where the move to France helped reinvigorate him. Just then the bloody knee injury(s) did for him Think he was only 27 or 28 when he retired.

Don't think Andy Robinson liked him either, if memory serves he omitted him even though he was playing well and that seemed to knock his confidence a bit.

Loffreda was another one that didn't seem to accept he'd help the midfield until towards the end of his solitary season at the helm and Ollie had already agreed the move to Brive

Knee injuries certainly blighted his career. Never made the impact I thought he'd have at Quins due to those injuries.

[Banquo]

ah yes, I remember, never quite the same player.

That coupled with knowing he was a dirt tracker from day one didn't help. Think he lost a bit of love for the game, and where the move to France helped reinvigorate him. Just then the bloody knee injury(s) did for him Think he was only 27 or 28 when he retired.

Don't think Andy Robinson liked him either, if memory serves he omitted him even though he was playing well and that seemed to knock his confidence a bit.

Loffreda was another one that didn't seem to accept he'd help the midfield until towards the end of his solitary season at the helm and Ollie had already agreed the move to Brive

Knee injuries certainly blighted his career. Never made the impact I thought he'd have at Quins due to those injuries.

only 11 games for quins before wrecking his knee.

[Puja]

ah yes, I remember, never quite the same player.

That coupled with knowing he was a dirt tracker from day one didn't help. Think he lost a bit of love for the game, and where the move to France helped reinvigorate him. Just then the bloody knee injury(s) did for him Think he was only 27 or 28 when he retired.

Don't think Andy Robinson liked him either, if memory serves he omitted him even though he was playing well and that seemed to knock his confidence a bit.

Yeah, in the infamous Mathew Tait debut against Wales, Ollie Smith was the form 13 in Europe, but Tait was new and shiny and the media's favourite and Robinson got the selection badly wrong.

The main thing was losing his dad suddenly though. That relationship was intertwined with his love for rugby and he was never the same player after that.

Puja

[p/d]

I just sort of assumed that was Adam P taking a stab at his preferred England side.

Genius Mikey!!!

[FKAS]

That coupled with knowing he was a dirt tracker from day one didn't help. Think he lost a bit of love for the game, and where the move to France helped reinvigorate him. Just then the bloody knee injury(s) did for him Think he was only 27 or 28 when he retired.

Don't think Andy Robinson liked him either, if memory serves he omitted him even though he was playing well and that seemed to knock his confidence a bit.

Yeah, in the infamous Mathew Tait debut against Wales, Ollie Smith was the form 13 in Europe, but Tait was new and shiny and the media's favourite and Robinson got the selection badly wrong.

The main thing was losing his dad suddenly though. That relationship was intertwined with his love for rugby and he was never the same player after that.

Puja

Yes, Ollie only relinquished his season ticket and his spot next to his dad at Welford Road when he started playing for the first team I believe.

[Epaminondas Pules]

Chessum out. Picked up knee injury in training.

[Banquo]

Chessum out. Picked up knee injury in training.

so...Ewels or iSiekwe....not that it matters

[fivepointer]

Oh bugger.

I imagine Coles will come into the squad but if form meant anything Batley should be called up.

[Mikey Brown]

If nothing else he seems to be a try scoring machine. Weird for a lock.

[FKAS]

Chessum out. Picked up knee injury in training.

so...Ewels or iSiekwe....not that it matters

Arse that's bad news. Hopefully it's only a knock and we don't have to make do for long. Coles could also come back in.

[Mikey Brown]

Roots called up.