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#Post#: 155704--------------------------------------------------
England Squad
DIR By: FrostAndFire
Date: June 23, 2026, 3:49 am
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HTML https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cz9l3vy7j4do
Forwards: Chessum (Leicester Tigers), Clark (Gloucester Rugby),
Coles (Northampton Saints), Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks), Curry
(Sale Sharks), Dan (Saracens), Earl (Saracens), Ewels (Bath
Rugby), Fisilau (Exeter Chiefs), Genge (Bristol Bears), George
(Saracens), Heyes (Leicester Tigers), Hill (Bath Rugby), Kloska
(Bristol Bears), Martin (Leicester Tigers), Obano (Bath Rugby),
Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks), Pepper (Bath Rugby), Pollock
(Northampton Saints), Sela (Bath Rugby).
Backs: S Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby), Caluori (Saracens),
Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs), Ford (Sale Sharks), Freeman
(Northampton Saints), Furbank (Northampton Saints), Janse van
Rensburg (Bristol Bears), Mitchell (Northampton Saints), Murley
(Harlequins), Ojomoh (Bath Rugby), Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Smith
(Northampton Saints), Smith (Harlequins), Spencer (Bath Rugby),
Steward (Leicester Tigers), van Poortvliet (Leicester Tigers).
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Re: England Squad
DIR By: FrostAndFire
Date: June 23, 2026, 3:51 am
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Some strange choices.
Calouri was terrible at the weekend, but is selected.
Sela was being smashed in scrums in the same match by the France
XV replacements. Again, selected.
Both players might be good enough one day but really aren't yet.
Also, Mitchell, Spencer and van Poortvliet at 9. I know they are
the shirt-holders, but they're not the best 9s qualified for
England at the moment, by a long way.
#Post#: 155707--------------------------------------------------
Re: England Squad
DIR By: JammyGit
Date: June 23, 2026, 4:20 am
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I'm really concerned about Feyi-Waboso being given the green
light for both the final and this tour. Crazy stuff.
I don't know if Borthwick is the coach to get the best out of
Caluori. He'll certainly be getting a lot of opportunities to
catch the ball, I guess.
Good to see Ojomoh in there, although I do wonder whether he's
really got what it takes to be a regular international. I think
he's a bit flimsy at the moment and is a terrible defender.
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Re: England Squad
DIR By: FrostAndFire
Date: June 23, 2026, 5:04 am
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I predict Marcus will get ten minutes off the bench in each
game, coming on at 15 when England are losing and it's too late
to make a difference. He will then miss pre-season again for us
for no real benefit.
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Re: England Squad
DIR By: Banstead Quin
Date: June 23, 2026, 5:13 am
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Boks by (insert large number here)
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Re: England Squad
DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
Date: June 23, 2026, 5:40 am
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All this will be, will be another terrible loss. I'm sure he
will have learnings to take away blah blah, but I think we know
its going to be a disjointed performance. The problem is the RFU
are going to realize its too late prior to the RWC we haven't
got a chance of playing with the big boys, not because of the
players, but because of the doctrine that's imposed on them.
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Re: England Squad
DIR By: Quinky
Date: June 23, 2026, 6:52 am
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Is Caluori going to be the next undroppable player?
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Re: England Squad
DIR By: Brown Bottle
Date: June 23, 2026, 7:19 am
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--- Quote from: Quinky link ---
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> Is Caluori going to be the next undroppable player?
>
--- End Quote ---
Undroppable? He hasn't been picked, yet.
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Re: England Squad
DIR By: MaidstoneQuin
Date: June 23, 2026, 7:37 am
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The other thing that stands out is Borthwick has missed a trick
(again) of persisting with George, LCD and Dan.
George is almost in a retirement home, LCD is walking injury
waiting to happen, and its obvious Dan isn't fully trusted.
Why not have a bit of vision and give the likes of Langdon a go?
George I get as he's captain. Oghre I know is injured, but I'd
have taken George, Langdon with Kepu as a wildcard maverick to
expose him to the senior set up.
Knowing Englands luck, George and LCD will both get injured
before the RWC and then we are left completely out of tried and
tested options
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Re: England Squad
DIR By: Yareet
Date: June 23, 2026, 7:59 am
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--- Quote from: MaidstoneQuin link ---
>
> The other thing that stands out is Borthwick has missed a
trick (again) of persisting with George, LCD and Dan.
>
> George is almost in a retirement home, LCD is walking injury
waiting to happen, and its obvious Dan isn't fully trusted.
>
> Why not have a bit of vision and give the likes of Langdon a
go? George I get as he's captain. Oghre I know is injured, but
I'd have taken George, Langdon with Kepu as a wildcard maverick
to expose him to the senior set up.
>
> Knowing Englands luck, George and LCD will both get injured
before the RWC and then we are left completely out of tried and
tested options
>
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It’s the safe option but I can understand it. If he took those
three, he’d have to be be happy with Langdon or Kepu playing
79.5 minutes away at altitude in SA. That’s a big ask for a
young player. Even more so for Langdon who is off the back of a
2-4 day party and has missed all the altitude training.
Definitely look at them for the Fiji game or is the squad for
all three games?
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