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That model of fair play and gamesmanship who hyperextends players arms for a laugh is captain of the Saxons

England Saxons team to play Ireland Wolfhounds at Gloucester on Saturday:

E Daly (Wasps); A Watson (Bath), M Hopper (Harlequins), S Hill (Exeter), C Sharples (Gloucester); F Burns (Gloucester), J Simpson (Wasps); A Waller (Northampton), J George (Saracens), T Mercey (Northampton), C Matthews (Harlequins), G Kruis (Saracens), C Clark (Northampton, capt), L Wallace (Harlequins), D Ewers (Exeter).

Replacements: D Ward (Harlequins), N Catt (Bath), S Wilson (Newcastle), E Stooke (Gloucester), S Dickinson (Northampton), D Lewis (Exeter), H Slade (Exeter), R Miller (Sale Sharks).

There is a lot of pace in that backline!

Pointless match with no real purpose but which puts good players at risk of unnecessary injury.

mea97mb wrote:There is a lot of pace in that backline!

Not a lot of anything else

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If memory serves pretty sure he also got red carded in the final of the U20 world cup for head butting. But these sorts of incidents are very out of character!

Rooster wrote:That model of fair play and gamesmanship who hyperextends players arms for a laugh is captain of the Saxons

England Saxons team to play Ireland Wolfhounds at Gloucester on Saturday:

E Daly (Wasps); A Watson (Bath), M Hopper (Harlequins), S Hill (Exeter), C Sharples (Gloucester); F Burns (Gloucester), J Simpson (Wasps); A Waller (Northampton), J George (Saracens), T Mercey (Northampton), C Matthews (Harlequins), G Kruis (Saracens), C Clark (Northampton, capt), L Wallace (Harlequins), D Ewers (Exeter).

Replacements: D Ward (Harlequins), N Catt (Bath), S Wilson (Newcastle), E Stooke (Gloucester), S Dickinson (Northampton), D Lewis (Exeter), H Slade (Exeter), R Miller (Sale Sharks).

O2 IRELAND WOLFHOUNDS Team & Replacements (v England Saxons, 'A' International Match, Saturday, January 25, Kingsholm, kick-off 5pm):

15. Felix Jones (Shannon/Munster)
14. Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
13. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht)
12. Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
11. Craig Gilroy (Dungannon/Ulster)
10. Ian Madigan (Blackrock College/Leinster)
9. Isaac Boss (Terenure College/Leinster)
1. David Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster)
2. Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
3. Martin Moore (Lansdowne/Leinster)
4. Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
5. Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster)
6. Rhys Ruddock (St. Mary's College/Leinster) (capt)
7. Tommy O'Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster)
8. Robin Copeland (Cardiff Blues)

Replacements:

16. Richardt Strauss (Old Wesley/Leinster)
17. Jack McGrath (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
18. Stephen Archer (Cork Constitution/Munster)
19. Robbie Diack (Malone/Ulster)
20. Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
21. Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht)
22. Ian Keatley (Young Munster/Munster)
23. Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster)

O2 IRELAND WOLFHOUNDS Team & Replacements (v England Saxons, 'A' International Match, Saturday, January 25, Kingsholm, kick-off 5pm):

15. Felix Jones (Shannon/Munster)
14. Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
13. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht)
12. Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
11. Craig Gilroy (Dungannon/Ulster)
10. Ian Madigan (Blackrock College/Leinster)
9. Isaac Boss (Terenure College/Leinster)
1. David Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster)
2. Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
3. Martin Moore (Lansdowne/Leinster)
4. Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
5. Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster)
6. Rhys Ruddock (St. Mary's College/Leinster) (capt)
7. Tommy O'Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster)
8. Robin Copeland (Cardiff Blues)

Replacements:

16. Richardt Strauss (Old Wesley/Leinster)
17. Jack McGrath (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
18. Stephen Archer (Cork Constitution/Munster)
19. Robbie Diack (Malone/Ulster)
20. Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
21. Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht)
22. Ian Keatley (Young Munster/Munster)
23. Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster)

Snap!!

Sky Sports 1 - Red button

I'm happy for Herring to get another start for the wolfhounds, also it's good to give Henderson more game time to get back to full match fitness.

I'm really disappointed for Tuohy and Cave. Tuohy deserves a shot with the Irish 1st xv but he just seems to constantly get overlooked. Cave is an out and out 13, so it's not really doing him any favors to put on a good performance by sticking him in at 12 unless the plan is to see if he is capable of playing inside center so that he could be more of a bench option down the road at some point.

Gilroy hasn't performed to his high standards of the past so hopefully he can recapture some of his old form.

All in all it's a strong Wolfhounds team with plenty of youth.

HwoodMike2umate wrote:Sky Sports 1 - Red button

Game is on sky sports 1 and 1 HD - main feed from 4:45pm. The 7s are on the red button.

One thing certain it's younger and possible more capable of 80 minutes international rugby than some of the senior squad


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Wonder will madigan miss another crucial tackle when he comes on

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Russ wrote:Wonder will madigan miss another crucial tackle when he comes on

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Oh feck he is starting. Praise be to jesus

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I find it hard to believe that others will not share my outrage at Copeland starting at 8 when Murphy is clearly the better player?