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I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
EDIT: really looking forwards to seeing Radwan in white though, he's got some serious skills. Rafi looks a good bet long term for 9, Smith at 10, could be a very exciting backline.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
Presumably he picked Farrell because he didn't want an ear bashing which, as we all know, young Owen is prone to when things don't go his way. I don't want this thug to be captain of my country.
My thoughts on England....
An excerpt here
Despite speculation that there might be a change in actual captaincy, Owen Farrell again keeps his job but with the need now to bring together a new leadership group.
Shorn of his favourite four closest allies in the Vunipolas, George and George Ford, the dynamic now changes, as Farrell needs to work out how he engages with new sub-leaders to form England’s so-called senior leadership team. Farrell is a man of directive nature; he’s blunt, honest and demands incredibly high standards but those that know him well might perhaps wonder about his agility in thinking under pressure and how he communicates with others around him.
One of the key relationships of any side is the understanding between 2, 8, 9, 10, and 12. In this new squad, assuming he starts at inside centre, Farrell will be surrounded new players, those that give out different information, that deliver that insight in a manner he may not be used to and will ignite plays and tactics that are different to those that he’s been familiar with for so long around the likes of Ford, Billy Vunipola, George and others.
For Farrell, he has to embrace this not as a threat, but as an opportunity – a chance to grow the tactical armoury of England, to imbue new tactics and to play the game at a higher tempo than we’ve seen before and whilst he’ll feel almost stripped bare without his pals around him, he needs to quickly make new friends and to understand what makes them tick.
Above all, the best leaders do so with empowerment and delegation, two things that don’t come naturally to the ‘over the trenches’ approach of the great Saracen. It’s absolutely pivotal that he allows Marcus Smith to lead the attack, to give him the space to breathe and to make the playmaker role his own.
This is the biggest test of Farrell’s leadership yet – a walk into the unknown for a man that favours the structure of normality
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
I can honestly say that's the first time that's happened for me in about 200 Zooms with the RFU/Lions/WRU.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
Poor poor USA.
Might as well stay home and punch themselves in the groin for 80 minutes instead... and use a hammer when the NZ bench comes on!
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I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
Youtube is also now full of "American reacts to rugby for the first time" videos and that is getting exposure by the millions in a way trad PR people could only dream about.
And in a country that appears to demand toughness and hardmen all the time even the big time NFL fans are doing the "...without pads!!!!" thing.
In a country of 330 million people they have enough of a talent pool to supply the NFL and rugby - and they are now bidding for the RWC too - hosted at the big NFL stadiums round the country.
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I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
Rugby hasn't got a community like that in the States, it will have to have a broad appeal to take hold. I don't think it has, and I don't think it will.
New Zealand 104
heh.
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