Jones (28) and Jenkins (29) both coming back from injury too so hardly in their prime

Matt Tait had more than that at 22 years old, having already played in a RWC final by then…

kevonakona

aye there are a few youngsters but not ready yet.

We seem to have a choice of:-

Desparate Dan – having a great season for Glasgow and playing well but never quite looked the part as an international.
Patterson – not experienced enough at 10
Godman – Mr Inconsistant.

Its the real weak spot. I might be tempted to go with Parks and do what Glasgow do – put him to fullback in defense

TJ who is the consistent kicker you were on about earlier?

Good to see New Zealand League players in white, isn't it?

😉

And the guy who played 10 against Cardiff on Saturday looked pretty handy – although I was being put to sleep by an awful, turgid match so may have dreamt it.

TJ, for range, just look at 1/2p.

How he gets such power out of his little frame is beyond me!

But Patterson inst the best at any position and struggling to get a game – it was an innocent question! He has good kicking stats agreed but he is not 1st choice at the moment anywhere

Agreed CFH – I think he might be the longest I have seen – outrageous.

Guardian article

this suggests it is pretty easy to put on 3st in muscle, but it does seem an awful lot. Such is the way today though, although Paterson is supposed to be about 11 1/2st

and I would take issue with the comment of professionalism, as Lipman was also playing for England so I would count out 2 Eng players in that farce. I would be dispointed if he ever puts on the Eng shirt again.

I would also agree with the Rolling Maul email saying that the 2 previous Kiwi RL players have hardly added to the game. If I saw Wales picking a similar I would not complain, but line them up all afternoon. Sadly MJ will pick who he picks and as an Eng fan I will choose to support his decision (or not) once the result is in 😉

Got to get past Ospreys v leicester before i start thinking about 6 nations. Duw duw mun I can't multitask 🙂

Scotland

Murray
Ford
Dickinson

Hines
Kellock

Barclay
Strokosch
Beattie

Cussiter
Godman

Grove.
Evans
Evans
Lamont

Patterson

Not really sure. There are a few positions were is pretty much a toss up but I am going for pace and flair

Tight five should hold their own in the set piece and be very mobile around the park/;. Fastest front row on the planet?

Back Row – a lot of debate about who is best / what is the best combo.

I can't find a place for White except on the bench to cover all the back 5 positions. I'd like to find a place for him.

Stand off – I dunno – is Godman the best of a bad bunch?

3/4s – picked on pace and flair – lets score some tries FFS!

Unfortunately I think Robinson will go for a more power based game so we will lose some of the speed and flair

Except in the 3rd test (the only one we won) he didn't. Quite the reverse in fact.

A young inexperienced player got tackled by an older more experienced player. Hardly news was it.

backhander – Member

Except in the 3rd test (the only one we won) he didn't. Quite the reverse in fact.

I think you can safely blame the ref for Vickery's lack of scrummaging ability in the first test. How a player can be penalised for standing up when his feet have been lifted off the ground is beyond me.

The commentators are starting to make a fuss about the ball being put in straight. Obviously with the massively crooked feeds the front row don;t need to strike and can push instead. If refs made sure the ball was straight then the scrum would be a proper contest again. I wonder whether it will be reffed in the 6N?