A Challenge for England Fans

Select your England 23 to face Scotland in the opening 6Ns with the following 3 rules:

1) You are not allowed to select a player from the club you support
2) You are not allowed to select a player who is at a non-English club.
3) You are not allowed to select a player who is definitely out for the season (ie Wigglesworth/Crane etc)


My 23:

Cobisiero, Hartley, Stevens; Lawes, Attwood; Wood, Easter, Seymour.
Care, Hodgson; Sharples, Barritt, Simpson-Daniel, Ashton; Foden

Doran-Jones, Grey, Wilson, Robson, Robshaw, Simpson, Farrell, Armitage.

I support Newcastle, so it's as you were.

I'd basically pick the same pack as you, with a couple of exceptions, Carl Fearns for Easter and possibly Steve Thompson for Hartley.

In the backs I'd pick the same as you, except:

Youngs (if fully fit) in for Care
Flood in for Hodgson
Tuilagi for Simpson-Daniel

"I support Newcastle, so it's as you were"

You beat me to it marra....

"2) You are not allowed to select a player who is at a non-English club."

Does that mean Sarries are out aswell....

1:Corbisieru 2:Thompson 3:Cole
4:Lawes 5:Attwood
6:Robshaw 8:Easter 7:Wood
9:Youngs 10:Flood
12:Barritt 13:Tuilagi
11:Sharples 15: Foden 14:Ashton

16) Fearns
17) Stevens
18) Grey
19) Marler
20) Care
21) Armitage
22) Wallace
23) Robson / Launchbury / Another young SR

The bench is top heavy with forwards, but i think we need to identify soon if the likes of Fearns, Grey (quins Hooker), Wallace etc can cope at this level...and rather than starting ...coming off the bench about 55/60 mins will give them a run out.

hehe, its a lot easier when you're a Falcons fan innit?
1 - Corbs, 2 - Thompson, 3 - Stevens
4 - M Botha, 5 - Shaw
6 - Wood, 8 - Waldrom, 7 - Wallace
9 - Simpson, 10 - Flood
12 - Banahan, 13 - Tuilagi
11 - Monye, 15 - Armitage, 14 - Ashton

16 - Lawes, 17 - Croft, 18 - Marler, 19 - Hartley, 20 - Youngs, 21 - Foden, 22 - Allen, 23 - JSD
(Forgive me the Banahan inclusion, I just think he's massively underated and given a real go might just prove a lot of folk wrong).

Think the 22 man match day squads will still apply by the time the 6N rolls around.

As a Tigers fan I'd have to pick;

1.Sheridan
2.Hartley
3.PDJ
4.Lawes
5.Robson
6.Wood
7.Robshaw
8.Easter (c)
9.Care
10.Clegg
11.Armitage
12.Barritt
13.Trinder
14.Ashton
15.Foden

Bench; Grey, Wilson, Shaw, Seymour, Simpson, Hodgson, Short.

as an england fan id pick

saffas, figians - perhaps

formerly known as Sam wrote:Think the 22 man match day squads will still apply by the time the 6N rolls around.

As a Tigers fan I'd have to pick;

1.Sheridan
2.Hartley
3.PDJ
4.Lawes
5.Robson
6.Wood
7.Robshaw
8.Easter (c)
9.Care
10.Clegg
11.Armitage
12.Barritt
13.Trinder
14.Ashton
15.Foden

Bench; Grey, Wilson, Shaw, Seymour, Simpson, Hodgson, Short.

You really don't like Owen Farrell do you!

1.Corbisierio
2.Hartley
3.Cole
4.Lawes
5.Attwood
6.Croft
7.Wood
8.Narraway
9.Care
10.Flood
11.Sharples
12.Allen
13.Tuilagi
14.Ashton
15.Foden

16.PDJ
17.Wilson
18.Thompson
19.Deacon
20.Seymour
21.Simpson
22.Lamb
23.Armitage

Saints fan.... the back 3 is a little tricky. In brackets are the players I would normally choose if not for the stipulations above!

1. Corbisiero
2. Thompson (Hartley)
3. Cole
4. Attwood (Lawes)
5. Deacon (Palmer)
6. Croft (capt)
7. Robshaw (Wood)
8. Easter
9. Youngs
10. Flood
11. Monye (Armitage)
12. Barritt
13. Tuilagi
14. Sharples (Ashton)
15. Armitage (Foden)

16. Grey
17. Stevens
18. Parling
19. Narraway (Robshaw)
20. Care
21. Farrell
22. Abendanon (Sharples)

"11. Monye (Armitage)"

Have i missed something? Is Armitage at Saints or out for the season?

You really don't like Owen Farrell do you!.

I think he's a talented young player, then again I think Freddie Burns at Gloucester and George Ford at Tigers are talented young players as well. Currently they are only ready for Saxons level rugby as all have glaring weaknesses in their games but seeing as they 20 or under that isn't really a concern. They'll come good I just wouldn't put any of them in front of the aggressive Scottish defence.

My 23: I'm a Quins Supporter

Cobisiero, Hartley, Stevens; Lawes, Attwood; Wood, Waldrom, Fourie.
Youngs, Flood; Sharples, Barritt, Tuilagi, Ashton; Foden

Cole, Thompson, PDJ, Parling, Johnston (Chiefs backrow), Simpson, Flutey, Armitage.

Alternatively

1 Marler
2 Grey
3 Thomas
4 Kitchener
5 Parling
6 Johnson
7 Wallace
8 Fearns

9 Care
10 Lamb
11 Wade
12 Turner hall
13 Lowe
14 Sharples
15 Armitage

Tigers supporter...

Corbisiero
Hartley
Stevens
Attwood
Lawes
Wood
Easter
Robshaw

Dickson
Farrell
Barritt
Lowe
Ashton
Foden
Armitage

Or something like that.