Gloucester v Wasps

[Brandnewtorugby]

Miller at 10 has brought out the doom merchants, I am looking forward to seeing him there and really hope he has a good game there.

15. Willie Le Roux
14. Christian Wade
13. Juan De Jongh
12. Jimmy Gopperth
11. Josh Bassett
10. Rob Miller
9. Dan Robson
1. Matt Mullan
2. Tom Cruse
3. Jake Cooper-Woolley
4. James Gaskell ©
5. Will Rowlands
6. Ashley Johnson
7. Thomas Young
8. Guy Thompson

Replacements:
16. TJ Harris
17. Simon McIntyre
18. Marty Moore
19. Kearnan Myall
20. Ben Harris
21. Joe Simpson
22. Brendan Macken
23. Owain James

[Brandnewtorugby]

Can't help feel that England and Wasps missed Cippriani today, much as I really rate Miller.

[Raggs]

Absolutely with regards to wasps. England were beaten on Thursday, it just took until Saturday to play out and it's not double digits we need to look at. I like Eddie's gameplan but it requires ruck accuracy or a lot of good carriers (both would be best) and his selection isn't good enough for that against a breakdown focused backrow. Haskell or maybe Underhill needed to start.

The premiership doesn't help. There are very few jackals and the top 3 teams haven't needed to be as accurate as England need to be for a variety of reasons.

Hopefully wasps new found breakdown attitude will force everyone elseto start considering it and that will improve England.

[Brandnewtorugby]

I wonder if Jack's exaggerated 'splits' style will become more common, given how effective he is. To be as physically flexible as he is whilst being strong must require quite a complex training, like a gymnast. Either that or he's just lucky with genetics!

[Raggs]

He worked with George Smith a lot, so may well have worked on his flexibility early on. It's hard to improve flexibility once you're playing properly, since you become more prone to injury.