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Well done Marcus
DIR By: poorfour
Date: October 14, 2020, 7:37 am
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A worthy try of the season winner for Marcus Smith, for his solo
effort against Wasps:
Premiership Rugby Try of the Season
HTML https://www.facebook.com/PremiershipRugby/videos/342197753545001/
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Re: Well done Marcus
DIR By: Saintquin
Date: October 14, 2020, 12:34 pm
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It was a cracking individual try.
The more you see it the better it gets.
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Re: Well done Marcus
DIR By: Bolly-Quin
Date: October 14, 2020, 1:06 pm
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At least Quins won something!
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Re: Well done Marcus
DIR By: Comet
Date: October 14, 2020, 2:30 pm
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It was breathtaking. Still got to fix the cracks in my ceiling
from when I leapt off my seat!
Looking forward to the season beginning once the boys have had a
few weeks to recharge.
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Re: Well done Marcus
DIR By: Nico Wilson
Date: October 15, 2020, 4:27 am
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I don't understand why Smith is not in the England squad.
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Re: Well done Marcus
DIR By: T-Bone
Date: October 15, 2020, 4:41 am
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He didn't make the team of the year though - Umaga did. Think
both Smith and Simmonds, and probably a few others, were better
than Umaga.
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Re: Well done Marcus
DIR By: Only Joe Quin
Date: October 15, 2020, 5:06 am
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> I don't understand why Smith is not in the England squad.
>
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Because he is (or was) injured?
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Re: Well done Marcus
DIR By: raedarius
Date: October 15, 2020, 5:44 am
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--- Quote from: T-Bone link ---
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> He didn't make the team of the year though - Umaga did. Think
both Smith and Simmonds, and probably a few others, were better
than Umaga.
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Agreed. How Umaga would deal without a dominant pack and the
support of Gopperth is yet to be seen. I get that Jones may not
want Marcus as he sees him in the maverick Cipriani style, but
Simmonds and others are ahead for me too.
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Re: Well done Marcus
DIR By: poorfour
Date: October 15, 2020, 7:33 am
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--- Quote from: raedarius link ---
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> Agreed. How Umaga would deal without a dominant pack and the
support of Gopperth is yet to be seen. I get that Jones may not
want Marcus as he sees him in the maverick Cipriani style, but
Simmonds and others are ahead for me too.
>
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I don't know if Jones does see Marcus as a maverick. It's an
assumption I've seen several times with nothing to substantiate
it. Marcus is perhaps the most creative of the young fly halves,
but he generally runs a very structured game. He can see and
take opportunities that others don't, and when we get fast ball
he is very good at manipulating the defence to go one way and
then changing the point of attack, but he doesn't do the "genius
if it comes off, madness if it doesn't" stuff that Cips is
famous for, and unlike Cips he clearly listens to his coaches.
Also, remember that Jones was one of the first to champion
Marcus when he was still at Brighton, and Eddie's style is to
tell players exactly what he wants to see from them before he
will consider them. I imagine all the young flyhalves will have
their marching orders, and he will pick based on who is
delivering on them best.
For me, an important point with Umaga, Vunipola and Simmonds is
that their style is closer to Farrell's than Ford's, and Marcus
is closer to Ford's than Farrell's. If Eddie is going to stick
with the current 10/12 model (not a given - but there aren't
many 12s putting their hands up as being better at the job than
Faz)
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Re: Well done Marcus
DIR By: MadMax
Date: October 15, 2020, 9:01 am
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I never realised maverick meant excellent.
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