Saxons in SA confirmed
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2016 12:30 pm
Doesn't it kind of inhibit Eddie's ability to pick some more fringe players? Or do you simply mean he'll get to see them play for the Saxons?Greebo wrote:Good news. It will give Eddie's team the chance to look at at some other players.
Or at least play one or two of those teams as well, say on the way out and on the way homeWhich Tyler wrote:Good news.
Now if only they could have sent them touring Russia/Georgia/Romania; or the PIs or some such.
I'm hoping they will get some game time as I don't see him changing too much for the Oz tour.Mikey Brown wrote:Doesn't it kind of inhibit Eddie's ability to pick some more fringe players? Or do you simply mean he'll get to see them play for the Saxons?Greebo wrote:Good news. It will give Eddie's team the chance to look at at some other players.
Which Tyler wrote:Good news.
Now if only they could have sent them touring Russia/Georgia/Romania; or the PIs or some such.
Oh, I'd also sent them without Callard - Perfect time to bring in the likes of Baxter/Hatley/Mallinder etc
imo Underhill needs tying in quickly!TheNomad wrote:If you had to pick a team of players outside of the EPS, and with a bias towards youth, what might it look like? Difficult to say how it will interact but these are some players (am sure there loads more, but off the top of my head) who are either EPS fringe (some actually in, but not playing) who I'd like to see get some sort of exposure
Auterac/Waller
Taylor/Haywood
Thomas/Hill (admittedly in EPS but might benefit from getting game time)
Slater/Gaskell
Kitchener/Symons
Ewers/Gibson/Williams
Underhill/Fraser/Harrison
Beaumont
Robson (could be in EPS)
Burns/Lozowski
Yarde/Short/Walker
Devoto/Hill/Sloan/Williams/Mallinder
James/Marchant (early, but I like the look of him)
Wade/Roko/Addison
Haley/Hammersly
Think you might need some slightly older heads in there. I'd also throw Myall, Miller and McIntyre in the mix (but I am biased towards Wasps)TheNomad wrote:If you had to pick a team of players outside of the EPS, and with a bias towards youth, what might it look like? Difficult to say how it will interact but these are some players (am sure there loads more, but off the top of my head) who are either EPS fringe (some actually in, but not playing) who I'd like to see get some sort of exposure
Auterac/Waller
Taylor/Haywood
Thomas/Hill (admittedly in EPS but might benefit from getting game time)
Slater/Gaskell
Kitchener/Symons
Ewers/Gibson/Williams
Underhill/Fraser/Harrison
Beaumont
Robson (could be in EPS)
Burns/Lozowski
Yarde/Short/Walker
Devoto/Hill/Sloan/Williams/Mallinder
James/Marchant (early, but I like the look of him)
Wade/Roko/Addison
Haley/Hammersly
Miller will be playing in Oz......Peej wrote:Think you might need some slightly older heads in there. I'd also throw Myall, Miller and McIntyre in the mix (but I am biased towards Wasps)TheNomad wrote:If you had to pick a team of players outside of the EPS, and with a bias towards youth, what might it look like? Difficult to say how it will interact but these are some players (am sure there loads more, but off the top of my head) who are either EPS fringe (some actually in, but not playing) who I'd like to see get some sort of exposure
Auterac/Waller
Taylor/Haywood
Thomas/Hill (admittedly in EPS but might benefit from getting game time)
Slater/Gaskell
Kitchener/Symons
Ewers/Gibson/Williams
Underhill/Fraser/Harrison
Beaumont
Robson (could be in EPS)
Burns/Lozowski
Yarde/Short/Walker
Devoto/Hill/Sloan/Williams/Mallinder
James/Marchant (early, but I like the look of him)
Wade/Roko/Addison
Haley/Hammersly
R U being Serious M8Mellsblue wrote:
Miller will be playing in Oz......
Could ask the same about Gaskell as 5 and 8 cover, frankly.Tigersman wrote:R U being Serious M8Mellsblue wrote:
Miller will be playing in Oz......
Like, totes. Well, not totally.Tigersman wrote:R U being Serious M8Mellsblue wrote:
Miller will be playing in Oz......
OMG srsly?Mellsblue wrote:Like, totes. Well, not totally.Tigersman wrote:R U being Serious M8Mellsblue wrote:
Miller will be playing in Oz......
I suggested him as a dark horse for EPS fullback if Jones wanted to move on from Brown and Goode and saw Watson solely as wing. The motm performance this weekend has sealed the EPS deal. Possibly.
How dare you talk to me like that M8.Banquo wrote:Could ask the same about Gaskell as 5 and 8 cover, frankly.Tigersman wrote:R U being Serious M8Mellsblue wrote:
Miller will be playing in Oz......
Misery-guts.The development has not been universally welcomed, however, with Richard Cockerill, the Leicester director of rugby, questioning the lack of detail. “Is it a Saxons tour or Under-23 tour? Nobody seems to know,” Cockerill said. “Joe Lydon was running it but he has resigned so that is the problem. There will be the England tour and there will be a Saxons or development tour so we will have seven for preseason but we will just get on with it.”
que? That's relatively politeTigersman wrote:How dare you talk to me like that M8.Banquo wrote:Could ask the same about Gaskell as 5 and 8 cover, frankly.Tigersman wrote:
R U being Serious M8
Wouldn't have thought they'd set specific rules on it, but I don't think you'll see too many over 24s. I get the feeling that this is a tour to run the rule over young talent, rather than picking an experienced second string. Plus, an opportunistic grab for Underhill and Williams before the Welsh go a-poaching.Peej wrote:To pick up on Cockers' point - has there been any further word if it is an Under 23 tour, or open to everyone?