You're wasting your time trying to reason with some of our more blinkered posters.





[url=http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyunion/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rugby/10/06/08/manual_140421.htmlAustralian Barbarians 28-28 England[/url



Ireland 23-29 Barbarians got 26,000 last Friday, but has anyone got the attendances for the other recent internationals?

Australia 49-3 Fiji

Wales 31-34 South Africa

Russia 22-39 USA

Uruguay 6 Canada 48

Never said he did do anything,i was just saying he might have been a union fan that's all.

60527 at the Millennium Stadium

Good crowd but thought they'd have sold out.

www.sportinglife.com/rugbyunion/ ... gland.html [i'Hape will become the third former New Zealand rugby league international to play for England, following in the footsteps of Henry Paul and Lesley Vainikolo.'[/i

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He's looked very one-dimensional the times I've seen him for Bath, sidestep then hands through the tackle looking for the offload and that's about all he's got.



Does demonstrate the complete dearth of creative centres in English rugby at the moment though.

My sentiments exactly. If you [iare[/i going to pick him, play him at inside rather than outside centre.

Looking forward to seeing how Chris Ashton goes on the wing.

A quick thought on union for the day.



Wallabies vs England is pretty much a who's who of ex league players!



The Super14 looked mile and miles ahead of the NH rugby union this year, I expect England to be torn to pieces, though that probably won't happen.

The Super14 nations and Argentina all look appealing on the handicaps.





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The strength of the Super 14 is very much in New Zealand and South Africa though IMO. If England (or the weather) can draw the Australians into a forward dominated game then I reckon it'll be a lot closer than some pundits are reckoning.

Free up some space for the backs. Broken field + Ben Foden + Chris Ashton = happy days.

England yawnion...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

What a one sided affair. I thought it was only rugby league that had such blowouts Being serious, from what I saw the gap between the southern hemisphere (NZ and SA) and the north is getting wider. www.sportinglife.com/rugbyunion/ ... _Snap.html

What a one sided affair. I thought it was only rugby league that had such blowouts Being serious, from what I saw the gap between the southern hemisphere (NZ and SA) and the north is getting wider. www.sportinglife.com/rugbyunion/ ... _Snap.html

WHat a waste of talent Shontayne Hape has become in YAWWWWWWWWWWWNION

[url=http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyunion/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rugby/10/06/12/RUGBYU_England_Snap.htmlOh dear... again[/url



'[iInjuries meant the Wallabies were forced to field their least experienced front row in 27 years, while star centre Matt Giteau was ruled out yesterday with a hip injury.



England have now not won a Test match south of the equator in 11 attempts since Johnson himself lifted the Rugby World Cup in Sydney seven years ago.

Johnson's record since being appointed England coach now shows just eight wins from 22 Tests - a worse return than his predecessors Brian Ashton and Andy Robinson.[/i'

Get in there the Wannabees.

[url=http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyunion/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rugby/10/06/12/RUGBYU_South_Africa_Nightlead.htmlAnd another spanking from the southern hemisphere[/url

Add Ireland to the spankings the Northern teams have got this weekend.

It's time we got rid of him....he might have been a good player...but a coach?

The players deserve better.

I can remember a time when we won about 19 games on the trot.

Leave him in place i say. Him & his inept, spineless director of elite (sic) rugby (sic).

Agree with you mate.



I think it's fantastic that England RU is doing so well esp Hape and Ashton.

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England's backs were embarrassing against Australia. The gap in class was immense. The only thing that stopped it being an absolute cricket score is the ability of sides in Union to stuff the ball up their jumper for minutes on end, and the importance of the scrum. I didn't even notice Hape on the field, and Ashton didn't look much either. Basically from what I saw England RU has the same sorts of problems as we have in RL - a few quality forwards and sweet FA outside them.

More to do with Australia lacking a few first-choice front rowers through injury.



With a first choice pack available the Australians would have put 50 on England.



The England management throttled Danny Cipriani's international career at birth because he played off the cuff rugby and made a few mistakes, but at least he created opportunities for those around him. England's backline at the moment are too scared to make an error in case they get dropped, resulting in sterile forward dominated rugby which doesn't suit the likes of Foden, Ashton and others who should be in the side like Shane Geraghty.

But that's the history of English yawnion. Rob Andrew, 1,000 tests & 1 try says it all.