Are England Sevens facing the chop?

if its a toss up between Isiekwe, Coles, and Kpoku for a world cup place, but Isiekwe and Coles both have 20 caps and have trained with the squad for multiple consecutive campaigns, and Kpoku hasn't, club form might not be deciding factor for Borthwick (nor should it be!)

Speaking of our man Schmidt, it was him and Farrell who showed the World how to beat the ABs. And it was Schmidt who taught the ABs how to beat Ireland.

Sure, playing what's in front of you is all very well in good. But if you're set piece is rubbish, you're breakdown work poor, and your defence is like a leaky sieve, you'll only be scoring consolation tries.

What's surprising, however, is the lack of innovation. I think we all thought that would be a big part of Razor's reportoire. So far we haven't seen much.

Razor seems partly held back by fear and the fact he's lacking an innovative figure in his coaching team. All the coaches know each other and have worked together for the same team; there's a real risk of groupthink.

When Razor bought O'Gara onboard at the Crusaders, he described his decision along the lines of: We wanted to bring someone onboard from a different environment, someone who would ask us different questions.

It's the mindset I've seen a lot of winners display—a willingness to be challenged and humility to have an open mind.

At the moment I see that attitude missing, and I'm not convinced Hansen has the tactical pedigree for his job.

But as we've seen from Razor, he has had the confidence to innovate in the past, and the ruthlessness to end a career for the sake of the team. Let's hope that self-belief to make the brave calls comes back soon.

I can't see much value in that being honored. Current Super would save more than it would take off from Sky's offer I'd imagine. I'd be happy to got with the NPC now and just lose a bunch of All Blacks as a result, but keeping the budget intact is paramount imo.

With Super up in the air they can cut like a 2 year deal and ditch Sky when something new comes out.

Highlights the need for a comparable URC type competition to be part of, or just run it for longer and hope the Aussies participate.

His last 3 appearances at 10 were very, very good though - 2 from the bench and an entire game against Ireland. While his cameos at 15 offered little impact. You're correct about BB, a better 15 than a 10. Although his running game that made him so great is slowly disappearing.

Either a massive 20+ team comp or two split Super Bowl style.

Through all the Super teams, and even in NPC, the players aren't allowed to play rugby themselves now. That which made them great is gone, and it is now heavily reliant on the coach to set the structure, ala Schmidts success with them.

Dmac is the true ten who tries to use his hands first and kick tactically.

His bailout running game is merely a blight on his play.

Neither is Mo'unga. At least Dmac is the one you can have hope for, as he hasn't been trying to play that role half as long as Mo'unga.

He hasn't shown those in his previous 10 years, it's a neck and neck race between the best. But as per the thread on this article, it might not bode well for Razor however.

Dmac is 15 pretending to be a 10 just like beauden . They’re great runners , nothing more . Nor will they be …

The 10 needs to know when to kick , when to pass , where the game should be played . When to speed the game up , when to slow it down … dmac isn’t going to learn all this and know how to use it a couple of years .

Mounga is the only one that has all the qualities and he’s in his prime .

Why was Razor so busy looking after his japanese and other foreign interests (tracking his players I mean specificaly) and not his coaching teams?

And he did revolutionise the team, in many facets, you raise the glaring question of why wasn't also that with the players?

He did not at all remain true to himself. He back stepped immediately on this 'wow this is what a test match is' theme.

This article is far off the mark but I think you have to be realistic in trying to defend Razor for it.