Trust Hartley to be a) biting people and b) being so sly about it to not be seen on any kind of evidence. Should throw away the key clearly
http://cricfree.tv/bt-sport-1.php Gloucester down to 12 players with a 6 point lead against Bath, who have 14.
Tom Youngs not going to NZ this summer for personal reasons http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/27318868 Quite a high list of people not going now
That tour is going to be such a debacle. Could undo a lot of hard work that's been leading to the World Cup if we're not careful. Last thing the side needs.
Yeah that's really shit. I haven't really followed the premiership so who's likely to miss the first test due to the finals?
Will almost certainly be Saracens and one of Northampton or Leicester. So players out are Vunipola, M Vunipola, B Farrell Ashton Goode with the maybes being Hartley Lawes/Parling Wood Youngs/Dickson Tuilagi/Burrell Injured are Cole Croft Webber Twelvetrees Nowell Wade (iirc?)
Our 1st Test XV will be something like 1. Marler 2. Ward 3. Wilson 4. Launchbury 5. Attwood/Parling 6. Robshaw 7. Kvesic/Haskell 8. Morgan 9. Care 10. Ford 11. Watson 12. Eastmond 13. Tuilagi 14. Yarde 15. Brown With Leicester's injuries it'll be more useful for England if they beat Northants in their semi. But I really don't see Quins or Bath beating Saracens away from home, so they'll end up forming most of the side.
Tbh I think it's not outlandish to consider that our best backline (at least not if Wade is fit and comes in for Watson), but the pack suffers.
