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@WorcsFaithful 9 picks itself. Non negotiables for me are pennell and Sanderson - as they both single handedly carried the teams they were in at times. 9 picks itself. Other honourable mentions who I thought were great players and always wanted on the pitch Mama Venter Sammy T Benjamin

@WorcsFaithful Our squad around 2018 -2019 I think was our best ever. My team below Mullan Singleton Schonert Bresler Gillies Lewis Sanderson (c) Hortsman Houghaard Weir Adams Rasmussen Lawrence Heem Pennell Bench Window Lutui TT Rawlinson Hill Swanepoel Drahm VDM

1-Windo 2-Lutui/Creevy (cant chose) 3-TT 4-Gillies 5-Quinnell 6-Lewis 7-Sanderson 8-Hickey 9-Hougaard 10-Drahm 11-Heem 12-Rasmussen 13-Hinshelwood 14-Baxter 15-Pennell Fullback/wing the hardest. Could easily have Garvey, Benjamin, Adams, Delport, Garrard, Latham, Roke, Shillcock

@posterboyjohn @RugbyTigers Not really - the likes of Saints and Bath are great to watch, have likeable DoRs and don’t have its fans being bitter after matches or mugging people off. Tigers (and Gloucester) are the complete opposite.

@wrfc1994 @RugbyTigers Neutrals don't like us because we are historically the most successful club. Everyone loves to hate us. It happens in every sport.

Ha who writes this shit got to be a stains fan

@WorcsFaithful I know it was a friendly v bath but I don’t understand how we ran their full strength treble winning side so close having never played together, and yet the longer they’ve had to gel since the more they seem to have regressed

4 losses on the spin at a time you’d hope we’d be improving and really a home quarter final only by the skin of our teeth. No doubt there will be calls that we are just lucky to have a club again, but at this stage of the season that is unacceptable. That was shite.

@HeTalksRugby @FromLe2 Not quite sure how you can say so firmly they have a better pack when you compare the performance of the teams over the last 3 years. A backline alone does not win the league and get you champions cup final

@wrfc1994 @FromLe2 They do - it’s just facts.

Genuine question, is there a better place in England to play your rugby than Northampton Saints right now? If you were a young player, had the choice of all the Prem clubs of where you could play, factoring the current squad, coaching group, style of play, stadium - everything, I honestly don’t think you could choose anywhere other than Northampton.

@HeTalksRugby @FromLe2 It’s a subjective opinion

@FromLe2 @HeTalksRugby Sure.

@wrfc1994 @HeTalksRugby It’s not bias though. Leicester have the better pack.

@FromLe2 @HeTalksRugby I don’t what? I’m not a saints fan 😂 I’m neutral to this but your level of bias is ridiculous

@wrfc1994 @HeTalksRugby Hahahahahahaha no you don’t

@FromLe2 @HeTalksRugby Ha slightly biased.. is that why saints have Cole’s, Davison, and pollock in England 23 and would have Langdon and iyogen in wider squad. Saints have better pack than tigers every day of the week

@HeTalksRugby Depends on the position you play. If you’re a young forward you wouldn’t go to Northampton, you’d come to Leicester for example

@HeTalksRugby Not even close is it. Don’t think there are many better in Europe…

@willgkelleher @Find_The_River @danscho1 What is funny is how journalists think they’ve got a free hit to write whatever they want about a person or situation yet as soon as it reciprocates onto them / their profession they get overly defensive.

@Find_The_River @danscho1 Was it an English plot when Charlie Morgan reported this in August, too? Funny!

What a silly way for Townsend to dismiss this legitimate reporting by @danscho1. Why would the Calcutta Cup, taking place next week, have any bearing on a news story that he is lined up to be the Newcastle coach? Basically an open secret, now. "English" newspaper funny too...

@ajsrugby @JackGrantham72 We all thought it - of rage bait it’s the ultimate shit housery and must be respected.

@JackGrantham72 They've got me if it is

By 2020/21, Maro Itoje had 4x PREM titles, 3x Champions Cups, 3x Six Nations, 2x WR Player of the Year nominations, 1x European Player of the Year and had been a POTM in a Lions test match Saying he has gone from the CHAMP to International stage might be a stretch lads...

@RugbyWorcs Rugby union weekly by a distance for me.

What's your go to rugby podcast? Top 3 if you can't pick one

@RugbyWorcs Agree with a lot of it. The rotation is biggest frustration, how can they build cohesion when half the team is changing every week. Would also like more on injury report and just general interviews as don’t feel like we really know what’s going on compared to the old prem days

Things that I want to see going forward: Kicking when we have the opportunity for simply, straight forward points More structure and signs of an overall style of play. We've been winning games with flashes of individual brilliance from good players like Jake, Will, Khalik Kareem etc al. I want to see dominance through consistency, especially in our own half More cohesion at the lineout as today was really quite poor Better leadership on the pitch - not starting Matt Kvesic really showed IMO More consistency in the lineups. We need to bed in our best side now. The constant shake ups are starting to grate on me a bit Injury reports. How far off are Josh Bassett, Matt Rogerson etc? Zero talk about the Prem from the club or other fans for now. We've got work to do first and we need to pay this competition that we're in some respect. We're so so far off being able to compete at that level and we have to earn it first On to Ealing. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried. Still in a generally positive place with our project, why wouldn't I be? But I want to see some signs of turning into a serious outfit. We've looked like we've regressed in recent weeks.

@Orange_Grove1 @neilfissler You’ve not answered his question

@neilfissler Both Martin and Smith were offered contracts, true I have no idea what was in them but particularly in Martins case, surely he owed Tigers a degree of loyalty having come through the academy?

So you would stay in your job if you were offered more security elsewhere?

@GeraintEvans3 @bensmithrugby You obviously don’t realise the series is 3 matches v Aus? I’d also like to see these so called poor stats you refer too… or maybe you’re the classic bias Welshman with a certain agenda

@bensmithrugby No way. Very poor stats in lead up to first test.

Player of the series so far has to be Tom Curry. Swayed the first Test with big plays, produced more again in the second. Huge turnover tackle on Suaalii crucial. No other Lions player has been as influential.

@LT_RugbyLyf Yeah it’s bloody shit. The scum charge £15 per game to watch too and can’t even stream it

@Hurricane15 @CharlieDrugby @RugbyInsideLine Yes and that’s because they’ve all been given a hell of a lot more game time. Hill made his England debut almost 7 years ago and never been given a chance despite consistently having stand out club matches. It doesn’t make sense

@CharlieDrugby @RugbyInsideLine I agree, I’ve been calling for him to start in full strength England. I just think others have taken the small chances better than he has, it’s micro stuff as England back row depth is now amazing! Pollock, B. Curry, Underhill, CCS and Pepper have all had stand out moments

🌹 The case of Ted Hill is a curious one. Undeniably talented and athleticly gifted. A seriously good Prem player too. What is it England don't see in him? Work rate, training attitude, or something niche that the stat men are throwing up?

@chrisjonespress @SBarnesRugby @TimesSport I think the player with most similar circumstances to him is lawes (retired after 2023 wc both v exp and played in France - although lawes been in better form But I think lawes in reality is a long way off making the squad as Andy doesnt know him so well - surely thats nepotism?

@chrisjonespress @SBarnesRugby @TimesSport I actually think the opposite. I think there is logic (experience etc) to it but I think if he is not his dad (and doesn’t know exactly what he’d bring) he doesn’t get a look in. He’s the only player out of form in the squad but as it’s his dad he knows qualities first hand (1/2

Nepotism? No, but Owen Farrell call-up is delusional and defies logic ⁦@SBarnesRugby⁩ ⁦@TimesSport⁩ thetimes.com/article/03b58d…