@CharlieFelix @willgkelleher Yikes. I’m a Borthwick defender but some of the staffing stuff is… messy.
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Mark lester
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CSO and Founder at Squint Consulting. History and Rugby Nerd.
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Feels… sub-optimal for England.
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@bencoles_ I’d feel loads better if it was Furbank at 15 (with Daly and Roebuck on wings). It’s really interesting Steve isn’t picking him, given we know he’s a big fan.
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Still trying to work out how I feel about that England backline two days later. It's punchy, admire the ruthlessness. No idea if it will work in Rome. observer.co.uk/news/sport/art…
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@brettruganalyst So bored of this type of lazy commentary, Times is normally much better than this. Data does not equal risk adverse or boring - it’s just an input
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Coaching & Data co-exist - it’s how it’s integrated is key. (note.... 2 “stats gurus" in the photo in both Coaching boxes!!!)
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Do England need O’Connell and Sexton types instead of stats gurus? ✍️ @johnwesterby #Echobox=1772176786" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…
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@CharlesRTel Agreed. Love Tadhg, love the passion. Can’t stand listening to Dawson complaining about ENG celebrations every week.
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Just interesting isn’t it that when England players carry on like this they’re portrayed as savage tyrants on social media.
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Tadhg Beirne loving that choke tackle turnover.
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What does a Test rugby player's bulking diet actually look like?
@CharlesRTel took on a four-week challenge to eat like a prop, consuming 4,200 calories daily.
His supermarket haul included:
🥛 Six pints of milk
🥚 21 eggs
🥩 Lots of meat
💪 Protein powder
🔺 And much more...
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@willgkelleher @TimesSport 😂 perfectly put Will. Never bloody liked rugby anyway!
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🎵 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥… 🎵
Some 2018 vibes to this #SixNations for England.
Eddie Jones used his bottoming out cut the dead wood. Does Steve Borthwick?
Baffling collapse, now what’s next with the 6N gone & South Africa looming? 🫣
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"Borthwick has three weeks to discover who has the spirit, the mental toughness, and the genuine Test quality to go to South Africa and compete — no country for weak men." ✍️ @willgkelleher thetimes.com/sport/rugby-un…
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@TEnglishSport The way you talk about this all the time is convincing me that’s it not a big deal to you Tom.
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Since Gregor Townsend took over, Scotland 21 Six Nations wins, England 23 Six Nations wins. Not sure that a difference of two wins justifies the claim of Scotland only getting up for England.
England have finished 5th, 2nd, 1st, 5th, 3rd, 4th, 3rd, 2nd. Now 4th. Pretty dismal
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Rassie's master plan becoming clear.
Last week Nienaber's coaching at Leinster created weaknesses in Ireland's defensive.
This week the seeds Felix Jones's planted during his stint, finally dismantled England's defensive structures.
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@Lestermarky Pierre Schoeman said it did. Take it up with him
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Scotland win ugly. Horrible and yet brilliant victory. Wales were terrific. Scotland showed loads of bottle. To them, it will mean as much if not more than last Saturday bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-un…
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@CharlieFelix I think a lot of us hoping Furbank is fit and firing. At his best he is a uniquely complete 15 for us, everyone else is much more specialist.
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Just felt like a doom spiral for England today. When they took off Steward, they often had at least one (and sometimes two) of Ford, M Smith and Arundell in the back-field. Ireland lapped that up with kick-pressure.
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@TEnglishSport If Ireland lost to wales the week after we would
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So, are we going to hear chat about Ireland only getting up for games against England? Ireland special, England utterly abysmal.
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@WibbleRugby Agreed. Some questions around defensive coaching and structure though?
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Exactly this. The team is going through a patch we're not accustomed to recently, and the intensity in some key areas that England pride their A and overall game on is off.
But the quality has not vanished, nor in this playing group or coaching team.
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Seeing alot of talk about Borthwick and his job on here. He is the same coach that literally just came of the back of a 12 game win streak which included Arg, NZ, Aus, Fra etc. The performance was abject, and I agree the team needs a rocket but let's all take a breath...
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Ireland excellent and absolutely not flattered by the scoreline. For England, the most damning indictment is that it was reminiscent the 6N and World Cup warm-up games of 2023... which were horrible.
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From father to son.
Efe Itoje sends a very special message to his son, Maro ❤️
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@CharlieFelix Agreed. Very happy for Ollie getting back i. The team too.
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Really, really good interview with Ollie Lawrence on the BBC Rugby Union Daily podcast.
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Awesome to have @CharlieFelix joining The Times. Great writer and a brilliant analyst with a forensic eye for detail and a love of GIFs. Decent bloke too!
He’s on The Ruck pod today and his first piece, on Ollie Chessum, is @TimesSport
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🏉 Charlie Morgan joins the team Award-winning journalist @CharlieFelix brings his expertise to The Times. Read one of rugby's best analysts as he uncovers tactical trends and gets under the skin of all the drama from the Six Nations and beyond
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