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#Post#: 24972--------------------------------------------------
Re: Dombrandt on the plane?
DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
Date: June 7, 2019, 3:39 am
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Well we we need something to soften the blow.
#Post#: 24974--------------------------------------------------
Re: Dombrandt on the plane?
DIR By: quintastic.
Date: June 7, 2019, 5:40 am
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I can certainly see why we were so keen on him from the uni
clips in this video!
HTML https://youtu.be/nmTNNK-XLLo
#Post#: 24979--------------------------------------------------
Re: Dombrandt on the plane?
DIR By: Broken Hero
Date: June 7, 2019, 6:52 am
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It would smack of bad planning, and a hint of panic, if
Dombrandt were to make the plane. Eddie will stick to the
narrative of having been planning this for three and a half
years, of everything being under control. Alex is still too raw
for international rugby and I fear it would hinder him - as well
as depriving Quins of him for the early part of next season,
which could be a crucial chance for us to make a fast start.
I'd like to see him picked in the wider training squad and maybe
get a run out off the bench in one of the warm ups, but he'd
have to perform minor miracles - or rely on several injuries -
to make it to Japan
#Post#: 24982--------------------------------------------------
Re: Dombrandt on the plane?
DIR By: Bolly-Quin
Date: June 7, 2019, 11:42 am
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--- Quote from: TomBuckQuin link ---
>
> I actually think he should go on pure talent alone, but the
question remains: who do you drop?
>
> Wilson, Curry, Underhill, Vunipola won't be dropped. Robshaw
is ahead of Shields, I'm convinced of that. If Eddie's feeling
like springing a surprise then maybe Dombdrandt goes ahead of
Nathan Hughes, who has never converted any of his Prem form into
the England shirt for me. But then I think Ben Morgan deserves
Hughes' place on the plane as second choice number 8.
>
> So maybe... just maybe... it's a straight shoot-out: Robshaw
vs Dombrandt.
>
> I think probably it's more likely a Dombrandt vs Hughes
toss-up, with Ben Morgan currently not in Eddie's plans at all.
>
--- End Quote ---
As well as he has played - and he has - I think the like of
Mercer from Bath (who has had a cap I think) is more likely to
fill any gap in the back row.
Having said that, I wouldn't want to hold him back - he's had a
great year.
#Post#: 24985--------------------------------------------------
Re: Dombrandt on the plane?
DIR By: poorfour
Date: June 7, 2019, 3:59 pm
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Dombrandt would be a massive gamble. We have no idea whether he
would be found out at international level. It's not a sane
choice to pick him.
If there is one thing in his favour, it's that he's a natural
and an unknown quantity. Other teams won't have planned for what
he can do. I could see a scenario where faced with an injury
crisis in the back row, Eddie chooses to roll the dice rather
than go with a lesser option. But I can't see it happening
outside that situation.
#Post#: 24988--------------------------------------------------
Re: Dombrandt on the plane?
DIR By: Brown Bottle
Date: June 7, 2019, 5:40 pm
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> Dombrandt would be a massive ****.
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Did you misspell ‘punt’?
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Re: Dombrandt on the plane?
DIR By: poorfour
Date: June 8, 2019, 5:34 am
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No, I failed to mis-spell “gambol”
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