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@will_owen9 Michael Leitch! Nick Phipps still playing in Japan I think, Aaron Cruden still playing for Waikato as well I think, and Leone Nakarawa has played at least once for Castres this season.

Manu Tuilagi too! Taulupe Faletau & George North still going. Plus Richie Gray still playing in Japan. Aleki Lutui was still going for Ampthill very recently, don’t know if he still is. I believe Taylor Paris is still playing ProD2? Is that our lot?

Kurtley Beale just came on for the Force and it got me thinking - how many players who went to the 2011 World Cup are still playing professionally? Him, James O’Connor, Alexander Todua, Courtney Lawes - anyone else?

@CiaranFl4n4g4n @SamTalksRugby7 Itoje/Chessum is better than the Italian one still icl

@SamTalksRugby7 It's funny that one couldn't consider English players for any row. I would possibly go Beirne/Doris/JvdF in the back row. Brex/Menoncello is a shout for midfield. An All Blacks half back combo with the French backs is also possible. Saffa front row is the only nailed on set

Top 10 8s in international rugby right now: 1. Doris🇮🇪 2. Wilson🇦🇺 3. Wiese🇿🇦 4. Sititi🇳🇿 5. Earl🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 6. Dempsey🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 7. Cannone🇮🇹 8. Wainright🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 9. Conan🇮🇪 10. Oviedo🇦🇷

@SquidgeRugby @Duggy1702 Rugby fan first, it’s been great. Having said that, think Welsh fans come away from this tournament much happier than England fans

@Duggy1702 I'm Welsh but can look at it as a rugby fan first

This is maybe the best Six Nations in history. And this weekend has been one of the greatest rounds the tournament has ever had.

@KissConscious @SBarnesRugby @thetimes Fair enough, think this is the worst rugby tweet of all time

@SBarnesRugby @thetimes Painful! 10. Daly / Malins /Slade 12. Steward 13. Cokanasiga It was obvious after RWC 2015 that Ford shouldn't be in the England team - and I'd spotted it WAY before then. He's simply a defensive liability we don't need to take with equally skilful bigger (and quicker) players.

Online @thetimes. Why Atkinson and Ojomoh should be the England centres to play outside Ford.

@englishsportfan @EnglandRugby @allianz_stad @O2 100th England cap. So 100th time playing for England. ‘English sport fan’ 🤔

@EnglandRugby @allianz_stad @O2 Itoje famously won his 100th cap in the first lions test. Why aren’t you including them on your caps list (he’s listed as 99).

Maro Itoje is set to make his 100th England Rugby appearance 👏 Head coach Steve Borthwick has named his match day squad to face Ireland at @allianz_stad this Saturday. @O2 | #WearTheRose

@SirJBritain @MarwanData Account based in Switzerland

@MarwanData Once again. Zero representation for a white leaning native Brit.

If the rumours are right, then this might be the highest profile by-election in modern political history. Candidates who are rumoured to run in Gorton and Denton: LAB🌹: Andy Burnham RFM➡️: Zia Yusuf WPB⚙️: George Galloway GRN🟢: Zack Polanski

@OF_Trader777 @jaredwright17 Repeat infringement yellow, not cynical to stop a try

@jaredwright17 I don’t understand how that yellow card didn’t lead to a penalty try. Would have given them more time.

Argentina deserved to win that. So unlucky in the end. Cracking game. #ENGvARG

@KeithClarke1 He never was your best player tbh, just had a few good runs in 6N. Perfect example of a player with X factor but not the nuts and bolts needed in his position at intl level

How has Blair Murray gone from being our best player to a total liability in 6 months? How is Ben Thomas even in the 23? Max Llewelyn should have tried second row…

@CW_W10 Genuinely only player who’d come straight back in is probably JCS when fully fit, much as I love the current CB pairing that guy is prem quality

How does anyone even get back into this side? I want the same 11 until the winning steak ends

@QPR Starboy

ONE BACK!!!!!!!!

@will_owen9 Lions - Jack Conan, quietly very very good whenever he played, proper workhorse. Non-Lions - either Charlie Gamble or Ikitau.

We're recording a couple of videos today on the third test & recapping the Lions tour as a whole - but first, I have a question for any Lions fans: Who has been your favourite (not best!) player on this tour who DOESN'T play for the nation you usually support?

@SFCBenW @JamesMorrisBass @TightFive_Rugby I mean we conceded the same number of points to Italy as they did

@joshbernross @JamesMorrisBass @TightFive_Rugby France could've scored like 3 more tries if they made half the mistakes they did

FT: 🌹 ENGLAND 47 - 24 ITALY 🇮🇹 Strange one really. 47 points a good number for England, seven tries and some really good ones in there. Italy really not at the races in the second half. Some of the defence still a big issue, and the final 20 really petered out. Still a chance to win the title next week, but highly unlikely. Thoughts on the performance? #GuinnessM6N | #ENGvITA

@SFCBenW @JamesMorrisBass @TightFive_Rugby Same number of points conceded to them as France. Italy are a good attacking side, can (and do) break down any top defence regularly

@JamesMorrisBass @TightFive_Rugby All due respect to Italy, but a side like England should not be looking that weak defensively against a side like Italy

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@Raws_LFC @lfcyassin You’d fit right in tbf, most of their ‘fans’ support Liverpool or Man Utd as their main club already

@lfcyassin Brentford

If you had to stop supporting your team what team would you support? I'll start:

@secondtierpod Anyone wondering why Cifuentes hasn’t been nominated - it’s cause he’s a terrible manager that no other clubs should be remotely interested in hiring

The Championship nominations for the EFL awards have been revealed! 🏆 👔 Manager of the Season: 🇬🇧 Kieran McKenna 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liam Rosenior 🇩🇪 Daniel Farke 🙌 Player of the Season: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall 🇳🇱 Crysencio Summerville 🇮🇪 Sammie Szmodics 👶 Young Player of the Season: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Archie Gray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jon Rowe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Jordan James Thoughts? 🤔

@banjobern @michael45982804 Alternatively: they use the income to buy up the vast majority of assets in this country, drastically increasing the price of assets and contributing to the rapid expansion of wealth inequality.

@michael45982804 They DO nothing with it. The mega-rich don't amass money to exchange it for goods and services. Money is simply point-scoring in a childish game they're playing called "My Net Worth Is Bigger Than Yours Ha-Ha". They play this game because they're really rather pathetic.

What do these people do with that kind of income... Shameful..

@QprTalk_ Everyone saying Ainsworth, but massively overspending on washed up old players to try and cling on in the Prem, only to get us the biggest FFP fine in history that still prevents us from spending any money, is surely a lot worse

What do you think the worst decision the club has made in recent years has been? 🤦‍♂️🤔 #QPR

Want to know why Michelle Donelan was forced to make an extraordinary apology to two academics earlier today? It's a bizarre tale involving Policy Exchange, a secret government dossier and a libel case paid for by the taxpayer A short thread (1/10)

@ClarkeMicah @Richard07679148 Christianity, famous for never allowing slavery. Except, of course, for the vast majority of its existence, where it did.

So was the fatal exposure at birth of unwanted infants., and of course slavery. Christianity created a moral revolution, from which we benefited for centuries. I'm not sure you'd like to return to Roman law and morals. .@Richard07679148