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Women's Rugby World CupEngland Women's

England lose another player for World Cup opener

Ellie Kildunne, Shaunagh Brown and Leanne Infante of England look on during the National Anthems ahead of the Women's International match between England Red Roses and USA at Sandy Park on September 03, 2022 in Exeter, England. (Photo by Harry Trump - RFU/The RFU Collection via Getty Images)

Shaunagh Brown will miss England’s opening match of the women’s Rugby World Cup against Fiji after testing positive for COVID-19.

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Prop Brown, who will have to stay in isolation for seven days, is the second England player to test positive for the virus after roommate Sadia Kabeya, who has completed her isolation period.

There were no further positive cases after players and staff in New Zealand were tested on Friday, the team said.

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England play their opener against Fiji on Saturday (2.45pm AEDT), the opening day of the tournament.

South Africa will kick the tournament off against France (12.15pm AEDT), while Australia face hosts New Zealand at Eden Park on the same day (5.15pm AEDT).

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NB 3 minutes ago
How leviathan Will Skelton and the Wallabies reversed the World Cup fiasco

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NB 4 minutes ago
How leviathan Will Skelton and the Wallabies reversed the World Cup fiasco

Typically they do because Leinster is part of Ireland. LAR and Aussie poles apart!

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NB 5 minutes ago
How leviathan Will Skelton and the Wallabies reversed the World Cup fiasco

Aussie missed out on all his prime form for Saracens from 2017-2020 and he's played only 10 Tests during the LAR period from 2021-present. That was his prime peak.


The clue is prob in the phrase


"Probably would have played 60-70 tests by now had he stayed in SR but tbh NH rugby is far more suitable for him."

He started in SR but the Waratahs mismanaged him so he had to go to Europe to reach his potential. A bit like Meafou.


I don't think SR really appreciates or understands this type of second row and therefore does not know how to develop them. That's the nub of it.

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NB 12 minutes ago
How leviathan Will Skelton and the Wallabies reversed the World Cup fiasco

Maybe you haven't read previous pieces I've written on him HH? Unfortunately Aussie missed out on some his best form when he was playing at Saracens and La Rochelle and picked him when he was still unfit at the Waratahs. But the guy is top-class and frankly I'm surprised you cannot extrapolate from the examples given here alone. He can give SA and NZ exactly the same probs.

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NB 17 minutes ago
Why England's defence of the realm has crumbled without Felix Jones

Guzzy would have been more suitable and prob coached a system a lot closer to Jones than El Abd is doing Ed.

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NB 18 minutes ago
Why England's defence of the realm has crumbled without Felix Jones

Oriignally, Jones developed it.

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NB 19 minutes ago
Why England's defence of the realm has crumbled without Felix Jones

Gatland is still the most successful coach in Welsh pro history, Eddie Jones tops with England and Andy Farrell/Jos Schmidt head the list with Ireland. Shaun Edwards is the main on-field coach with France and revived their fortunes. SA now has a NZer [Tony Brown], and Irishman [Jerry Flannery] and previously another Irishman [Felix Jones] and a Welshman [Aled Walters] as vital parts of their WC winning group.


It's a fully professional game so stop talking tripe.

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NB 23 minutes ago
Why England's defence of the realm has crumbled without Felix Jones

Where did you get this impression from? He's actually adapted his style since becoming England coach so it's now more Northampton than Leicester.

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NB 24 minutes ago
Why England's defence of the realm has crumbled without Felix Jones

I doub that kind of win will erase the doubts somehow DW. The 6N will tell the tale now.

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NB 25 minutes ago
Why England's defence of the realm has crumbled without Felix Jones

I am just wondering what could have happened in the space of only seven months to convince him to leave. It can't be SB as he worked with him before at Tigers.

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NB 27 minutes ago
Why England's defence of the realm has crumbled without Felix Jones

No idea Bull. As said Jones was getting promoted and the players sounded very happy with him, so what was the problem?

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NB 28 minutes ago
Why England's defence of the realm has crumbled without Felix Jones

It's really odd F. No real explanation offered for either Jones or Walters, and I've not seen any articel digging out the truth behind their departures...

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NB 29 minutes ago
Why England's defence of the realm has crumbled without Felix Jones

It doesn't look like they are even taught to move at the same speed SK. One rushes, another lags behind - hence 'shooters'. The last example is especially bad, and it looks like the players have zero belief in what they are doing - far from the case under Felix.


I doubt Joe wants to coach the same system as Felix, given free rein. What a mess!

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Ardy 40 minutes ago
Jake White: Ireland, Australia and Wales all have the same problem

John, McKenzie was 10 years ago and he only lasted 15 months until the disgustingly unfair affair that brought him down. I thought that if he didn't get another gig over Eddie V2 then he was done. I read that he had been approached but declined to put his name in the ring.

There are no potential Wallaby coaches outside of McKellar unless you have some inside info?

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SK 42 minutes ago
Why England's defence of the realm has crumbled without Felix Jones

The way they are defending is sometime pathetic to be honest. Itoje is usually on the inside of the rush and he is paired with a slower tight forward. Unable to keep up with the rush we have seen the line become disconnected on the inside where the big boys are. How many times have we seen Earl rush past the first receiver almost into no mans land covering no attacker. It looks like a system without any guidance. Tome Wright, Ikitau and a number of Wallabies went back to this soft centre as did Williams, Jordan and several others. Also when the line is broken the multiple lines of defence seems to be missing. The rush is predicated on a cover and recovery system with multiple lines of defence but with England you dont see it any more. Fitness and conditioning seems to be off as well as players are struggling to keep up with the intensity of the rush. Felix Jones has left a huge hole. The whole situation was and is a mess. Why they insist on not letting him go and having him work remotely is beyond me. Its leading to massive negative press and is a hot button issue thats distracting from the squad. Also the communication around Jones and his role has been absolute rubbish and is totally disjointed. While some say he is working remotely and playing a role others are saying theres been no contact. His role has not been defined and so people keep asking and keep getting different answers. England need a clean break from him and need to start over. Whatever reason for his leaving its time to cut the rope before the saga drags the whole Borthwick regime down. As for Joe El Abd well good luck to him. He is being made to look like an amateur by the whole saga and he is being asked to coach a system thats not his and which has been perfected and honed since 2017 by Nienaber, Jones, Erasmus and Co and which was first started by White in 2004. He is literally trying to figure out a system pioneered by double world cup winning coaches at the highest level and coach it at the same time. Talk about being on a hiding to nothing.

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Ardy 51 minutes ago
Jake White: Ireland, Australia and Wales all have the same problem

The England backs can't be that dumb, he has been playing on and off for the last couple of years. If they are too slow to keep up with him that's another matter.

He was the only thing stopping England from getting their arses handed to them in the Aussie game. If you can't fit a player with that skill set into an England team then they are stuffed.

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CB 56 minutes ago
'Steve Borthwick hung his troops out to dry - he should take some blame'

Steve Borthwick appointment was misguided based on two flawed premises.

1. An overblown sense of the quality of the premiership rugby. The gap between the Premiership and Test rugby is enormous

2. England needed an English coach who understood English Rugby and it's traditional strengths.

SB won the premiership and was an England forward and did a great job with the Japanese forwards but neither of those qualify you as a tier 1 test manager.

Maybe Felix Jones and Aled Walter's departures are down to the fact that SB is a details man, which work at club level but at test level you need the manager to manage and let the coaches get on and do what they are employed for.

SB criticism of players is straight out of Eddie Jones playbook but his loyalty to keeping out of form players borne out of his perceived sense of betrayal as a player.

In all it doesn't stack up as the qualities needed to be a modern Test coach /Manager

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Bull Shark 59 minutes ago
David Campese takes back his Joe Schmidt coaching Australia criticism

But still Australians. Only Australia can help itself seems to be the key message.


Blaming Kiwis is deflecting from the actual problem.

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OJohn 1 hour ago
David Campese takes back his Joe Schmidt coaching Australia criticism

I know - but only a particular selfish greedy self entitled a..... breed who have been screwing over Australian rugby for 20 years.

They even sent themselves bankrupt, morons.

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Bull Shark 1 hour ago
David Campese takes back his Joe Schmidt coaching Australia criticism

I will consider such. But I think outliers like Rod Macqueen are difficult to plan for and or identify logically.


But I’ll keep an open mind and include Rod Macqueen in my assessment.

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