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England Announce RWC Squad

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  • 13-08-2007 10:17pm
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    smackbunnybaby
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    It looks to me like England have left themselves a bit short at fly half! considering how injury prone wilko is, all they have is ollie barkley as official back up!

    England World Cup squad:

    Backs (14): M Cueto (Sale - Age 27, 19 caps); J Lewsey (Wasps - 30, 48 caps), J Robinson (unattached - 33, 45 caps), P Sackey (Wasps - 27, 3 caps); D Hipkiss (Leicester - 25, 1 cap), J Noon (Newcastle - 28, 25 caps), M Tait (Newcastle - 21, 12 caps); M Catt (London Irish - 35, 70 caps), A Farrell (Saracens - 32, 4 caps ); O Barkley (Bath - 26, 17 caps), J Wilkinson (Newcastle - 28, 59 caps); A Gomarsall (Harlequins - 33, 26 caps ), S Perry (Bristol - 29, 11 caps), P Richards (London Irish - 29, 6 caps).

    Forwards (16): G Chuter (Leicester - 31, 12 caps), L Mears (Bath - 28, 16 caps), M Regan (Bristol - 35, 37 caps); P Freshwater (Perpignan - 34, 7 caps), A Sheridan (Sale Sharks - 28, 13 caps), M Stevens (Bath - 24, 13 caps), P Vickery (Wasps - 31, 54 caps); S Borthwick (Bath - 27, 28 caps), M Corry (Leicester - 33, 56 caps), B Kay (Leicester - 31, 46 caps), S Shaw (Wasps - 33, 36 caps); L Dallaglio (Wasps - 35, 79 caps), N Easter (Harlequins - 28, 5 caps), L Moody (Leicester - 29, 45 caps), T Rees (Wasps - 22, 5 caps), J Worsley (Wasps - 30, 59 caps).

    Omitted: N Abendanon (Bath), D Cipriani (Wasps), T Flood (Newcastle), J Haskell (Wasps), C Hodgson (Sale), T Palmer (Wasps), M Tindall (Gloucester), K Yates (Saracens).


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    zAbbo
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    Based on their gameplan, both Catt and Farrel can drop to FH


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    Hamo
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    Andy Farrell....? very much scrapping the bottom of the barrel


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    remus808
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    Hamo wrote:
    Andy Farrell....? very much scrapping the bottom of the barrel

    England don't have much of a barrel :D


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    shaneor
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    Hi all.

    Long time reader, first time poster so be kind! :D
    The fly half decision is strange alright. Especially considering Flood was impressive at times during the 6 nations. I still wouldn't write them off yet ... they're not going to win it but that pack could give a lot of teams problems ... apart from NZ and SA of course! ;)


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    Danie Gerber
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    shaneor, does that mean you rate the SA and NZ packs as being the best in the WC? France and Ire not far behind if they are IMO...


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    zAbbo
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    taking 2 FH's and no specialist FB could be risky alright.

    England have a 10 man game plan, their backs couldn't finish their dinners and the link play from forwards to backs is non-existent.


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    Danie Gerber
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    Not a bad pack really. Their problem is getting it together..

    The backs are unimpressive though. Banking on Johny and Robbo. 10 man gameplan seems the way to go for them. They can put a decent enough team on the field out that squad. How many of them are 2003 survivords? 12, 13?


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    shaneor
    Registered Users Posts: 99 ✭✭shaneor


    Danie Gerber wrote:
    shaneor, does that mean you rate the SA and NZ packs as being the best in the WC? France and Ire not far behind if they are IMO...

    Yes, IMO SA and NZ have the best packs at the WC. I think if they're at their best no other team can live with them.

    France, Ireland, England, Argentina (even Italy on their day) aren't far behind. But I don't see any of those packs being able to dominate SA and NZ for a full 80 minutes!


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