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WILD BOAR 1
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Zach Mercer must be disappointed, surely a better player than Roots and Dombrant.
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Raider999
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Unless the England gameplay changes dramatically, wingers will only be required to defend, chase kicks and be good in the air. Not sure he fits these requirements. |
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Paul10
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Ethan Roots is the odd one.
Really? I watched him play lots of games for Ospreys and at no stage did I think, "is he welsh? |
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Richard Lowther
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This is where the old system of County games/Divisional matches, international trial games, A/B internationals would weed out those that aren't ready for the top. Now a days it does feel that every English qualified player in the Premiership gets the chance to play for England.
Edited by Richard Lowther - 18 Jan 2024 at 16:49 |
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Paul10
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WEvans
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He certainly has a lot to learn and will improve but I think we have seen far less talented attacking wingers playing for England recently with no better and in some cases worse defensive skills.
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Raider999
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Edited by Raider999 - 17 Jan 2024 at 17:57 |
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Raider999
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I knew this, what I cannot see is anything that says you can swap countries to one you have lived in, only one you or parents/grandparents was born in |
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Steve@Mose
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Gregory Alldritt replaces absent Antoine Dupont as captain
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Steve@Mose
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Peter O'Mahony named Ireland captain following Johnny Sexton's retirement
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FHLH
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Jamie George as England Captain
England's Six Nations squad Forwards: Ollie Chessum, Dan Cole, Alex Coles, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Chandler Cunningham-South, Ben Curry, Theo Dan, Alex Dombrandt, Ben Earl, Ellis Genge, Jamie George (capt), Joe Heyes, Nick Isiekwe, Maro Itoje, Joe Marler, Beno Obano, Tom Pearson, Ethan Roots, Will Stuart, Sam Underhill. Backs: Oscar Beard, Danny Care, Elliot Daly, Fraser Dingwall, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, George Ford, Tommy Freeman, George Furbank, Ollie Lawrence, Alex Mitchell, Tom Roebuck, Henry Slade, Fin Smith, Marcus Smith, Ben Spencer, Freddie Steward. * Uncapped
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Paul10
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It's the modern world.
My children would be eligible for 3 countries (neither me or wife are English but live here). That's before moving and qualifying on residency grounds.
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CJB1
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"What I need is a strong drink and a peer group"
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Steve@Mose
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Ellis Genge: England prop says he has recovered from hamstring injury 'like Wolverine'
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Steve@Mose
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According to his Wikipedia entry Mercer lived in Scotland from the age of 8 and became Scottish-qualified through residency and appeared for the Scotland U16 team. He was also in the Glasgow Warriors academy prior to joining Bath. Thought I'd also check the inevitable list of England players born outside of this sceptic isle. |
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Raider999
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Watching the Edinburgh v Gloucester match at the weekend, the Scottish commentators mentioned Zach Mercer switching allegiance to Scotland several times.
The basis for this being he lived in Scotland for a number of years as a youth. However, as far as I can see, he could only play for a country that he or his parents/grandparents were born in? He was born in England, his dad in New Zealand- I couldn't see any information about his mother or grandparents. |
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KnightsBoy
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You are correct Richard Players may only transfer once, such that no Player can ever represent more than two Unions for the purposes of Regulation 8.2. 4.3 Applications should be submitted to the World Rugby Regulations Committee accompanied by all relevant supporting documents by the Union to which the Player wishes to transfer. |
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KnightsBoy
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Hope so
Edited by KnightsBoy - 16 Jan 2024 at 17:43 |
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Richard Lowther
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I thought you were limited to just the one change and two countries max.
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