O Callaghan and Paddy Wallace have some bruises on their faces from the French match
Are you sure that’s not just Wallace’s acne?
yes bandage, unless he had a port wine stain on his face and I never noticed it before
There must have been some holy water splashed around in the dressing room.
I also want to assure larryduff that the acne comment did not have a partitionist undertone to it.
Tis clear your not partionist the way your licking Billy Wrights hole anyways :rolleyes:
[quote=“The Puke”]O Callaghan and Paddy Wallace have some bruises on their faces from the French match
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That’s just dirt on that mucksavage’s face
Had this discussion with a group of friends during the match. Our Paddy wouldn’t come from your typical Ulster rugby playing background. In fact one of the lads said that he went to UCD. In fairness if you didn’t go to Queens and you were from the north, chances are you’d go to Trinity.
oh my god like…what a fiend…the goy must be a complete tear away…
from Rte.ie
England coach Martin Johnson has gone for power over panache by recalling Mike Tindall and Joe Worsley to his starting team to face Wales in Cardiff on Saturday.
Tindall, who had to drop out of the side who beat Italy 36-11 last week with a back problem, starts at outside centre for Jamie Noon.
Worsley, who came off the bench in Saturday’s win, starts in the back row in place of Steffon Armitage, who drops out of the squad having failed to make much of an impact on his debut.
Worsley has limited experience at openside, his last start there for England coming in a 2007 World Cup warm-up, while his last start in any position was in the World Cup pool game against Samoa.
There are three changes to the bench.
Scrumhalf Paul Hodgson, called up to the squad on Monday after Danny Care was ruled out, replaces Ben Foden, while Toby Flood, ruled out last week with a twisted ankle, comes in for Shane Geraghty, who was yellow carded five minutes after joining the fray on Saturday, and Luke Narraway replaces Worsley.
After their stodgy display on Saturday Johnson must have been tempted to introduce more creativity to his side but Mathew Tait, who got only the last few minutes against the Italians, remains on the bench and Geraghty paid a heavy price for his rash in-the-air tackle.
Instead he has gone for the sturdy experience of Tindall and the tough-tackling Worsley to negate the Welsh backs, who looked so sharp for the first 50 minutes in their 26-13 win at Murrayfield on Sunday.
Wales coach Warren Gatland will name his team in Cardiff on Thursday.
England team to play Wales in the RBS 6 Nations championship at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday 14 February (kick-off 5.30pm):
D Armitage (London Irish); P Sackey (Wasps), M Tindall (Gloucester), R Flutey (Wasps), M Cueto (Sale Sharks); A Goode (Brive), H Ellis (Leicester); A Sheridan (Sale Sharks), L Mears (Bath), P Vickery (Wasps), S Borthwick (Saracens, capt), N Kennedy (London Irish), J Haskell (Wasps), J Worsley (Wasps), N Easter (Harlequins).
Replacements: D Hartley (Northampton), J White (Leicester), T Croft (Leicester), L Narraway (Gloucester), P Hodgson (London Irish), T Flood (Leicester), M Tait (Sale Sharks).
Would be shocked if England stay within single figures of Wales at the weekend, Worsley and Easter in the same back row, there will be a fair lack of pace…Worsley is a good player but not an openside
What is the story with the winger England had against us in Croker in the game where the Nation grew up?
He was new on the scene at the time - he got injured then but looked like a real prospect?
Strettle.
Injury prone.
Injured again.
Played a bit at 12 and 13 for Quins of late.
Shite hair also.
David Strettle
Was on the bench for the England Saxons last friday night but it was called off…Only just back from injury again…If he could stay fit he would be a class player, hopefully he does between now and the end of the season and makes the lions tour
[quote=“The Puke”]David Strettle
Was on the bench for the England Saxons last friday night but it was called off…Only just back from injury again…If he could stay fit he would be a class player, hopefully he does between now and the end of the season and makes the lions tour[/quote]
Im glad your not on the Lions selection comittee is all I can say lad.
Do you not rate strettle, any time I have seen him I have been impressed with him, has plenty of pace and is a good finisher, far more intelligent than the likes of sackey, monje, ojo, cueto, varndell etc that have all been playing for England in the past few seasons…
Thought you rated the harlequins highly dan?
[quote=“The Puke”]from Rte.ie
Would be shocked if England stay within single figures of Wales at the weekend, Worsley and Easter in the same back row, there will be a fair lack of pace…Worsley is a good player but not an openside[/quote]
terrible team.
Gas gone for power over panache! If Jamie Noon is panache them Im a fucking mexican.
Droppinig Foden for Hodgson? Hodgson played no game last week but has still leapfrogged the great English hope? That makes no sense?
tait and flood on the bench and he cant find room for Cipriani? Who would cover from 10-15?
Flutey/Sheridan the only two that would get in the irish team, at a push.
Keep it up Johnno, after years of fucking killing us your finally giving it a bit back to the rest of the 6 nations
[quote=“The Puke”]Do you not rate strettle, any time I have seen him I have been impressed with him, has plenty of pace and is a good finisher, far more intelligent than the likes of sackey, monje, ojo, varndell etc that have all been playing for England in the past few seasons…
Thought you rated the harlequins highly dan?[/quote]
I do Puke, think the Quins are a fine side, at GP & HEC level. Strettle is a good promising young player who is savage injury prone and cant nail down a steady position for club or country.
Not the criteria I would look for in picking a Lion. Just my opinion.
I agree but there are very few top class wings playing between the 4 nations at the moment, Shane Williams aside there is nothing special out there, a lot of potential but very few finished articles…Kearney could well end up on the left wing for the test side with Lee Byrne at full back, outside of that IMO there isn’t much between the likes of Simspson Daniel, Fitzgerald, Bowe, Strettle, Lamont, halfpenney, sackey etc
Foden looks like a smashin player an time I have seen him in the premiership. Ideal lad to give a number 20 jersey to, covering SH and all the outside back positions. He is probably best at full back though.
Read an article recently where his father who had coached him all the way up from a young age in rep teams etc reckoned he would ultimately end up at 13 where his pace and ball handling skills were best suited.