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@Machpants That would be astonishingly short sighted.

England team to play the Azzurri announced:-

England team: Daly, Cokanasiga, Tuilagi, Te'o, May, Farrell (capt), Youngs; Genge, George, Sinckler, Launchbury, Kruis, Shields, Curry, Vunipola.

Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Moon, Cole, Hughes, Wilson, Robson, Ford, Slade.

Not sure about Tuilagi AND Te'o in the centres and I would have been tempted to start Robson at 9 for the experience as much as anything. I still prefer Wilson over Shields but maybe he needs a bit of a rest.

That's a lot of Pacific Islanders in this English team (six at least).

@Catogrande I think it maybe a trial in the centres, can England get to per centres to work for them? It can work, see Nonu and SBW in the RWC final, but normally fails. And yes why is Jones building depth at nine? It's a real weak point, he knows his preferred, needs more miles on his second

Live now on you tube

Mon 3 June, 2.30am NZT (Sun 2 June, 3.30pm local time):

England XV v Barbarians

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It's a double header with a women's game starting at 11.45pm on Sun 2 June NZT (Sun 2 June 12.45pm local time):

England Women XV v Barbarians Women

with Kiwis at 2, 3, 6, 8, 9 and 23:

I guess they're following the new high tackle guidelines? In which case Brock will be on, then back off again after 4 mins with a red card.

Also if I ever see Eddie (cheika, Lam), I'll kick him in the nads - finishers FFS

@Machpants said in NH International Rugby:

Also if I ever see Eddie (cheika, Lam), I'll kick him in the nads - finishers FFS

Please do.

See it's sponsored by Quilter.

Who are the wipers and the fluffers?

Is it me or do both the male and female English squads sound rather posh?

@MiketheSnow Looks like England B don't have enough PI in it, so stuck with the posh ones LOL

@Machpants said in NH International Rugby:

I guess they're following the new high tackle guidelines? In which case Brock will be on, then back off again after 4 mins with a red card.

Also if I ever see Eddie (cheika, Lam), I'll kick him in the nads - finishers FFS

Ummmmm....Brock James is renowned for high tackles now?

I imagine Butch James used to play for Taranaki...

@Bones said in NH International Rugby:

@Machpants said in NH International Rugby:

I guess they're following the new high tackle guidelines? In which case Brock will be on, then back off again after 4 mins with a red card.

Also if I ever see Eddie (cheika, Lam), I'll kick him in the nads - finishers FFS

Ummmmm....Brock James is renowned for high tackles now?

I imagine Butch James used to play for Taranaki...

Reminds me of when I got Naholo and Nadolo mixed up and you bailed me up on it.

No one likes a corrector.

@Bones said in NH International Rugby:

@Machpants said in NH International Rugby:

I guess they're following the new high tackle guidelines? In which case Brock will be on, then back off again after 4 mins with a red card.

Also if I ever see Eddie (cheika, Lam), I'll kick him in the nads - finishers FFS

Ummmmm....Brock James is renowned for high tackles now?

I imagine Butch James used to play for Taranaki...

whooooooooooops haha

@MN5 said in NH International Rugby:

@Bones said in NH International Rugby:

@Machpants said in NH International Rugby:

I guess they're following the new high tackle guidelines? In which case Brock will be on, then back off again after 4 mins with a red card.

Also if I ever see Eddie (cheika, Lam), I'll kick him in the nads - finishers FFS

Ummmmm....Brock James is renowned for high tackles now?

I imagine Butch James used to play for Taranaki...

Reminds me of when I got Naholo and Nadolo mixed up and you bailed me up on it.

No one likes a corrector.

Yeah because they're two completely different people...good logic.

It looks like the England XV v Baabaas game will be broadcast live on Sky Sport 1 in NZ. It doesn't say so in the description (it just says "Rugby: England Home Internationals", but what else could it be?

@Bones said in NH International Rugby:

@MN5 said in NH International Rugby:

@Bones said in NH International Rugby:

@Machpants said in NH International Rugby:

I guess they're following the new high tackle guidelines? In which case Brock will be on, then back off again after 4 mins with a red card.

Also if I ever see Eddie (cheika, Lam), I'll kick him in the nads - finishers FFS

Ummmmm....Brock James is renowned for high tackles now?

I imagine Butch James used to play for Taranaki...

Reminds me of when I got Naholo and Nadolo mixed up and you bailed me up on it.

No one likes a corrector.

Yeah because they're two completely different people...good logic.

I can't fault that I just hate it when you talk down to me.

Since June 2017, the French Barbarians were considered France's "the next senior fifteen-a-side National Representative Team" in terms of World Rugby Regulation 8 (Eligibility). Recently, the FFR decided that that's no longer the case and the French Baabaas are back to its former status of "exceptional" team (équipe d’exception).

The FFR has created a new "next senior fifteen-a-side National Representative Team", the so-called "France 23".

The decision has been taken because the FFR considers it necessary to create a team in-between the French U20 and the "‘XV de France Masculin’" to allow players with great potential to gain experience at the international level, which it considers indispensible for their development towards test rugby. This "project" will start next year, with the RWC of 2023 as its main objective.

Media release of the French rugby federation (FFR):

Link to the article in Le Figaro:

I haven't seen an article about this in English, yet.

Excellent analysis of England's game plan and the threat they pose: