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#Post#: 9512--------------------------------------------------
Sink starting against Springboks
DIR By: WellingQuin
Date: November 1, 2018, 6:35 am
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England men’s head coach Eddie Jones has named his side to play
South Africa in the first Test of the Quilter Internationals at
Twickenham Stadium (KO 3pm, live on Sky Sports HD).
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints) and Owen Farrell (Saracens)
are named as co-captains in a starting XV which includes 413
caps.
Alec Hepburn (Exeter Chiefs) will make his starting debut for
England while uncapped players Zach Mercer (Bath Rugby) and Ben
Moon (Exeter Chiefs) are named as finishers.
George Kruis (Saracens), Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs) and Ben
Te’o (Worcester Warriors) are included for the first time since
last season’s Six Nations.
Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers) is named as a finisher having
last played for England against Wales in the 2016 Six Nations.
“We’ve become very well organised in our set piece and have done
a lot of good work in Portugal over the last week," said Jones.
"We have put in a new defence system and our attack looks more
organised than it was on the South Africa tour.”
On taking on South Africa Jones said: “Against South Africa you
have got the physical battle up front and then you have to be
tactically smart in how you attack against them. We need to find
ways to gain momentum, then once we find momentum, convert that
to points.
“We are really excited to be back at Twickenham Stadium. It’s
been a long time and we can’t wait to play in front of 82,000
fans.”
England starting XV
15 Elliot Daly (Wasps, 21 caps), 14 Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs,
26 caps), 13 Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 13 caps), 12 Ben Te’o
(Worcester Warriors, 13 caps), 11 Jonny May (Leicester Tigers,
37 caps), 10 Owen Farrell (Saracens, 61 caps) co-captain, 9 Ben
Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 77 caps), 1 Alec Hepburn (Exeter
Chiefs, 2 caps), 2 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints, 93 caps)
co-captain, 3 Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins, 13 caps), 4 Maro Itoje
(Saracens, 22 caps), 5 George Kruis (Saracens, 25 caps), 6 Brad
Shields (Wasps, 2 caps), 7 Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 4 caps), 8
Mark Wilson (Newcastle Falcons, 4 caps).
Finishers
16 Jamie George (Saracens, 28 caps), 17 Ben Moon (Exeter Chiefs,
uncapped), 18 Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs, 11 caps), 19
Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 6 caps) , 20 Zach Mercer (Bath Rugby,
uncapped), 21 Danny Care (Harlequins, 81 caps), 22 George Ford
(Leicester Tigers, 47 caps), 23 Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers,
26 caps).
#Post#: 9513--------------------------------------------------
Re: Sink starting against Springboks
DIR By: Samquin
Date: November 1, 2018, 6:48 am
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Not used to only 2 Quins in the match day squad. Hopefully they
both have a good game.
#Post#: 9515--------------------------------------------------
Re: Sink starting against Springboks
DIR By: Cookie
Date: November 1, 2018, 6:51 am
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Astonished Te'o starts. And there's no wide cover on the bench.
If one of the back 3 go down, it's going to start looking odd.
#Post#: 9518--------------------------------------------------
Re: Sink starting against Springboks
DIR By: Boonie
Date: November 1, 2018, 7:10 am
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Physical battle and no Mike Brown. Not sure how that stacks up
either.
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Re: Sink starting against Springboks
DIR By: Robbo83
Date: November 1, 2018, 7:13 am
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This team is bizzare. A real head scratcher!
#Post#: 9523--------------------------------------------------
Re: Sink starting against Springboks
DIR By: The Absolute Quintet
Date: November 1, 2018, 8:25 am
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Inexperienced and thin up front, not EJs fault, but in the backs
he has options. Would have preferred Ford/Farrell to
Farrell/Te'o with Manu and Brownie on the bench to shore things
up last quarter.
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Re: Sink starting against Springboks
DIR By: RodneyRegis
Date: November 1, 2018, 8:45 am
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Pretty confident is saying that Quins have 2 English players who
would perform better in any back row position than the starters
named.
But then only a complete fool would pick Clifford, a guy who has
been long-term injured and has no playing time whatsoever...
#Post#: 9529--------------------------------------------------
Re: Sink starting against Springboks
DIR By: T-Bone
Date: November 1, 2018, 9:26 am
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That is one of the most disappointing England teams and the
weakest England / international pack I have seen in a long time.
Slow, turgid midlfield, weak pack. I know he's short of option
in some position, but why not try to run them around a bit,
rather than rely on an unfit Te'o to smash it up. Then again, I
was amazed he was picked for the Lions and he played well, so
here's hoping
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Re: Sink starting against Springboks
DIR By: WellingQuin
Date: November 1, 2018, 9:54 am
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The Springbok team to face against England in London (in order
of name, surname, province, Test caps, Test points):
15. Damian Willemse (DHL Western Province, 3, 0)
14. Sbu Nkosi (Cell C Sharks, 3, 10 - 2t)
13. Jesse Kriel (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 36, 50 - 10t)
12. Damian de Allende (DHL Western Province, 33, 20 - 4t)
11. Aphiwe Dyantyi (Xerox Golden Lions, 9, 30 - 6t)
10. Handré Pollard (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 35, 293 - 3t, 55c, 53p,
3d)
9. Ivan van Zyl (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 3, 0)
8. Warren Whiteley (Xerox Golden Lions , 21, 15 - 3t)
7. Duane Vermeulen (Kubota Spears, Japan, 42, 15 - 3t)
6. Siya Kolisi (captain, DHL Western Province, 37, 25 - 5t)
5. Pieter-Steph du Toit (DHL Western Province, 42, 20 - 4t)
4. Eben Etzebeth (DHL Western Province, 73, 15 - 3t)
3. Frans Malherbe (DHL Western Province, 25, 0)
2. Malcolm Marx (Xerox Golden Lions, 20, 20 - 4t)
1. Steven Kitshoff (DHL Western Province, 33, 5 - 1t)
Replacements:
16. Bongi Mbonambi (DHL Western Province, 10 - 2t)
17. Thomas du Toit (Cell C Sharks, 5, 0)
18. Wilco Louw (DHL Western Province, 11, 0)
19. RG Snyman (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 8, 0)
20. Lood de Jager (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 36, 20 - 4t)
21. Embrose Papier (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 4, 0)
22. Elton Jantjies (Xerox Golden Lions, 29, 223 - 2t, 42c, 43p)
23. André Esterhuizen (Cell C Sharks, 5, 0)
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Re: Sink starting against Springboks
DIR By: Quintron
Date: November 1, 2018, 3:44 pm
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South Africa by 7
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