Un Crunch amical pour préparer la tournée d'été 2025 en juin à Twickenham

Maybe you need to invest in a better crystal ball! 🤣🤣🤣

Ps Liar is a strong word…

Is the (golden) penny starting to drop yet…

Atkinson seems too slight, Northmore doesn’t seem to standout for Quins so I’d have Ojomoh at 12.

As a Summer Tour I’d be aiming to move on from Slade who has been at 10 for Exeter all season. For this tour, as it stands I’d have Beard at 13 but looking to bring back Lawrence or Marchant when fit/available.

With so many quality wingers available I’d also be looking for some of them to double up wing/outside centre (Roebuck, Ibitoye, Feyi-Weboso) or wing/15 (Hendy, Freeman, Arundell) as bench options to cover multiple positions.

You’re assumption is that players who can’t make the All Blacks when they are young/in their prime who leave to play in other countries will sacrifice playing for that country if called up, on the basis that they may be the 4th or 5th best is their position and will get pulled in to sit on the bench for a game following an injury crisis. It’s just nonsense.

Bundi Aki and James Lowe who had been overlooked by NZ selectors, and in Aki’s case the Chiefs selectors, would sacrifice playing international rugby and going on Lions tours just in case the All Blacks have an injury crisis.

Again - which players would you have picked from overseas to help us win the 2023 World Cup? Which players do you think would sacrifice international careers with Wales, Ireland, England and Scotland to hold tackle bags and “be opposition” for the starting team. So far you have named Jimmy Gopperth.

Although we should probably wait until the 2nd test to see exactly how the squad looks.

Not a cheque book in sight. Nothing to do with golden coins.