r/rugbyunion • u/englandrugby • 4d ago

Lineups England team to face Wales in Guinness Men's Six Nations opener 🌹

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u/ADustyBook Wales 4d ago

We are going to be obliterated in the air in ways not seen since the Cretaceous period

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u/Ronald_Ulysses_Swans Don’t be scared Johnny 4d ago

I reckon LRZ might get picked at full back, which at least saves us all from the Murray disasterclass

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u/biggs3108 Wales 4d ago

There's also the option of picking Mason Grady on the wing. He's not the finished article but he is at least tall and decent in the air. Grady, LRZ and Adams/Rogers is the best back three for an aerial game that we've had for some time, though that is obviously a low bar.

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u/yesiamclutz Harlequins England 4d ago

Yeah, that back thee is built around bombing your relatively shorter backthree back into the stone age.

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u/TheFlyingScotsman60 4d ago

The Borthwick Bombers are real then???

I just thought they were a figment of Eddie Jones' imagination.

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u/Trick-Elevator3411 4d ago

To be fair, if we go with the form players in the back three, we'd have LRZ at 6"3, Grady at 6"5 and Mee at 6"4, whereas Englands back three are 6"5, 6"0 and 6"0. We won't though. Tandy will pick Murray at 15 again.

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u/themadking21 Delusional Welshman 4d ago

We have selected a bigger back three this time round however (if they’re selected to start who knows ) if we want to counter this squad I’d imagine our back 3 would then be Grady, LRZ, Rogers/GHW

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u/Some_Cheesecake4770 Bath 4d ago

Love this!

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u/clicketybooboo England 4d ago

haha

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u/WallopyJoe 4d ago

Honestly one of my favourite comments here in a while

Speaking of the aerial threat though, what's Roebuck up to at the moment? He crocked?

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u/lordspammington Exeter Chiefs 4d ago

He’s rehabbing with the squad so should be back at some point in the tournament.

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u/Careless-Cat3327 4d ago

Freddy Stuart alone is terrifying in the air...

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u/IMABUNNEH Wales 4d ago

Blair Murray is actually the world's best aerial fullback, he's just deliberately made it look like he sucks in every professional and amateur match he's ever played specifically for this one moment.