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Hunter 'withdrawn' from England squad for Six Nations decider

(Photo by Catherine Ivill/The RFU Collection via Getty Images)

England have suffered a blow in the build-up to their TikTok Women’s Six Nations clash with France after captain Sarah Hunter was ruled out of Saturday’s decider in Bayonne. The 36-year-old number eight suffered a rib injury in the 69-0 mauling of Ireland in round four and will not recover in time to face the Red Roses’ closest rivals, with Poppy Cleall set to fill the void in the back row.

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Hunter won her 134th cap on Sunday and her experience means she will still travel to France to assist with preparations. England and France have enjoyed immaculate progress to their Grand Slam decider after each amassing four successive bonus-point victories.

An RFU statement on Tuesday read: “Sarah Hunter has been withdrawn from the England TikTok Women’s Six Nations squad. The Red Roses captain suffered a rib injury in Sunday’s victory over Ireland at Welford Road and will sit out of Saturday’s final round fixture in France.

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“Hunter will join the group in France later this week to support preparations in an off-field role.”

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OJohn 4 minutes ago
'Welsh regional rugby has failed conclusively and there is no way back'

How come our amazing kiwi coach isn't getting the best out of him ?

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JK 11 minutes ago
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Otagoman II 15 minutes ago
'Welsh regional rugby has failed conclusively and there is no way back'

That seems a good idea on the face of it NB, Having the traditional clubs providing a support layer for the fully professional 2 teams appeals. Wales is a great rugby culture and I don't want it in the doledrums for too long.

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rs 35 minutes ago
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Absolute joke. Beyond commenting. World Rugby has no credibility. Hansen should have received it previously and no doubt Erasmus this time round

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NB 37 minutes ago
'Welsh regional rugby has failed conclusively and there is no way back'

Maybe you should mention them more often then, to avoid accusations of bias!!

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NB 38 minutes ago
'Welsh regional rugby has failed conclusively and there is no way back'

No they haven't and I produced the stats to prove it. From memory the number of SR matches coached by Kiwis in recent times was around 17% [cannot be bothered to check again].


Furthermore, teh last three Kiwi coaches have a better record with the WBs than the last three Aussie appointments [McKenzie, Cheika and Jones].


Robbie Deans was the last to win a Tri-Nations tournament too FYI.


Wake up from your dream John🤣

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NB 41 minutes ago
'Welsh regional rugby has failed conclusively and there is no way back'

Funnily enough thiss is exactly what I recommended in a book I wrote a few years ago - but for Welsh rugby!


Two representative pro teams [East and West Wales] concentrating the talent to the point where competition for places would produce quality.... Then run a semi-pro league underneath it a la NPC/NRC.


Ofc there are far too many vested interests to allow that to happen, as I suspect there are in Aussie too. Every major city along the M4 wanted its own region, and parts of the country were left unrepresented. Fans couldn't care less, and that's why things are they way they are.

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OJohn 55 minutes ago
'Welsh regional rugby has failed conclusively and there is no way back'

Actually over the last decade most of the Australian Super rugby teams have been coached by foreigners. Brad Thorn. Darryl Gibson. Rob Penney, Mike Cron, Wessels, Foote.

The only teams that have done well have been coached by Australians, like Ewen McKenzie, Cheika and the Brumbies.

Hello !

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OJohn 59 minutes ago
'Welsh regional rugby has failed conclusively and there is no way back'

Don't worry Qld has done plenty of stupid things, like hiring Richard Graham as coach, or Brad Thorn, or getting rid of Quade Cooper thanks to Thorn etc., etc., etc

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Ers 1 hour ago
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Irish born players going Lions born overseas - Aki, Gibson Park, maybe Lowe. They'll be at least seven of the pack touring, Henshaw, Ringrose, Keenan definitely also going. Scotland: VDM, Tuipolotu, and maybe Schoeman. Have at least eight other Scots in the touring side. Weird %s.

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SadersMan 1 hour ago
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It's also about the future Moungas too. Or Retallicks. Or Frizells. A restricted adjustment makes sense. Doing nothing doesn't.

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SM 1 hour ago
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Please let the Dmac,Tj,Cane and Reiko nightmare be over, we need better selections.

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SadersMan 1 hour ago
'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

It's about making the future Moungas available to be fair. A restricted adjustment to allow specific players under certain circumstances to be eligible makes sense. Doing nothing does not.

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SadersMan 1 hour ago
'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

It's actually about the future Moungas. As long as we don't open the floodgates, there must be some workable solution. Doing nothing is no longer an option imo.

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YeowNotEven 1 hour ago
Can Will Jordan avoid the All Blacks curse of turning 27?

If he evolves to be a player that works hard for everyone else around him, he will be here for a while.

If he only ever gets A into G when it’s on for him personally then he’ll get over taken.

Probably by Rueban Love who will play possessed next year.

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SadersMan 1 hour ago
'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

Yeah, nah, I clearly used the word restricted. Which is the opposite to "open up". The "do-nothing" option is no longer viable.

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AF 1 hour ago
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YeowNotEven 1 hour ago
'Let's not sugarcoat it': Former All Black's urgent call to protect eligibility rules

Ten years ago we were discussing how

Australia had made the Giteu Law and how we didn’t have to to do anything like that because NZ produced more talent than Australia.

The current model only works if you are constantly producing players good enough to take over when players leave.

New Zealand will struggle to do this as time goes on because rugby is dying here at the grass roots level.

Rugby league, football, basketball are where young kids are choosing to go more and more.

Even combat sports such as jiu jitsu are rapidly gaining in popularity all the time.

Picking players from overseas will give us a sugar hit of success for a wee while…. But the crash

afterward could be Wales-like.

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RedWarrior 2 hours ago
Men's 15s World Player of the Year was only a two horse race

You see BS when you white Saffers (and you're white drop your ruse) make xenophobic comments, they are just flagging themselves as the type of white South African who would have been a defender of your despicable State back in the day. You are just too stupid too see it. When you say these things in front of non whites from your own country they will think you're just the type of Kant who would have them in chains a few decades ago. And you are that Kant.

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Bull Shark 2 hours ago
Men's 15s World Player of the Year was only a two horse race

What I find strange is why you would block me, Turlough, and then create a new profile and then engage with me?


Bit weird.


You’ve literally a made a whole host of Xenophobic comments about white Afrikaners. You’ve even called me an Afrikaner as if to insult me.


I wouldn’t be surprised at all if you were a British person pretending to be Irish. I wouldn’t put anything past you, Turlough.


What do you call a bullet proof Irishman?


Rick O’Shea!

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