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REVISED ELITE PLAYER SQUAD

International England
by RugbyPlayer7 (U1739062) 14 January 2009
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ENGLAND SENIOR ELITE PLAYER SQUAD

FORWARDS
Steve Borthwick (Saracens)
George Chuter (Leicester Tigers)
Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers)
Nick Easter (Harlequins)*
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
James Haskell (London Wasps)
Nick Kennedy (London Irish)
Lee Mears (Bath Rugby)
Lewis Moody (Leicester Tigers)
Luke Narraway (Gloucester Rugby)
Tom Palmer (London Wasps)
Tim Payne (London Wasps)
Tom Rees (London Wasps)
Simon Shaw (London Wasps)
Andrew Sheridan (Sale Sharks)
Matt Stevens (Bath Rugby)
Phil Vickery (London Wasps)

BACKS
Delon Armitage (London Irish)
Danny Care (Harlequins)
Danny Cipriani (London Wasps)
Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)*
Harry Ellis (Leicester Tigers)
Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)
Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)*
Riki Flutey (London Wasps)
Shane Geraghty (London Irish)
Ugo Monye (Harlequins)*
Olly Morgan (Gloucester Rugby)*
Jamie Noon (Newcastle Falcons)
Paul Sackey (London Wasps)
Mathew Tait (Sale Sharks)
Mike Tindall (Gloucester Rugby)*

The five selection changes to the England Elite Player Squad announced on July 1, 2008 are:
Mark Cueto for Olly Barkley (Gloucester Rugby)
Nick Easter for Jordan Crane (Leicester Tigers)
Ben Foden for Peter Richards (London Irish)
Mike Tindall for Dan Hipkiss (Leicester Tigers)
Ugo Monye for James Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester Rugby)

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posted Jan 16, 2009

Trippleclown did u cut and paste sum of my team selection comments by anychance?

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comment by Thunor (U10890672)

posted Jan 16, 2009

Triplecrown, you're right it's not going to happen. Mainly because Strettle's injured and has Croft EVER played at 8?

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posted Feb 7, 2009

ENGLAND WILL WIN THE SLAM THIS YEAR

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comment by Sparkle (U6726749)

posted Feb 7, 2009

Will someone tell me why Steffon Armitage is playing? All I saw when the revised squad was announced was blanket press and forum indignation that he wasn't in.

Based on GP & European performances this season and low and behold MJ bows to the pressure.

Now he may play a blinder this season but he has no experience at full international. It's amazing how just a few performances for a club can make you a racing certainty for selection in the eyes of watchers.

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posted Feb 7, 2009

"Will someone tell me why Steffon Armitage is playing? All I saw when the revised squad was announced was blanket press and forum indignation that he wasn't in."

'Cos he's a great player who has been knocking on the door for a while and Rees, Lipman, and Moody are all injured. Who would you start?

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comment by Sparkle (U6726749)

posted Feb 7, 2009

Worsley.

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posted Feb 7, 2009

Worsley is primarily a blindside, is not on form, and struggles to get into the Wasps team. Also, he's had his chance, and hasn't really impressed sufficiently for me.

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comment by Sparkle (U6726749)

posted Feb 7, 2009

One thing I'll say, if he'd stuck with Sarries he could have played no end of match winning performances from here until kingdom come and not even had the slightest look in from MJ. I reckon Dave Seymour has just given up and gone home.

Unbelievable.

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comment by Sparkle (U6726749)

posted Feb 7, 2009

One more thing guys and I know the match is about to start, but is anyone worried about the half back situation?

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posted Feb 7, 2009

I'd agree with you about Saracens. I'd definitely prefer to see Haughton and Powell more involved in the England setup.

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