Saracens forced to cancel match with Doncaster as 34 players unavailable

Both are tactical attacking mechanisms and in both instances the ball is given to the opposition to feed!

I can express how stupid it is that the offside law isn’t applied in this case.

I expect Bunting to back King, Brazier played well as a sub against AUS but this is hardly a CV moment considering it’s a team that has never beaten us. I think King’s also the best goalkicker in the squad. Hopefully she’s in RSA for extended game time.

Renee Holmes’ goal kicking is terrible. In the RWC2021 Final she missed 5 bread & butter kicks, leaving 11pts out there. Her latest efforts show she has not improved. Ruahei also seems to be a solid option.

But the major selections are in the pack, especially the back five mix. I’m happy with any combination of our current frontrowers. For me, Bunting has to ditch his tactic of playing four loosies & one lock against stacked teams like FRA CAN & ENG. We’ll just get crunched. Which imo means Chelsea Bremner & Laura Bayfield get the nod, with Maia Roos, & Alana Bremner, our best blindside, goes back to #6.

All the best to Bunting & his selectors.

Can’t see anyone being handicapped other than poor scrummaging teams.

What I’m talking about is when say a team gets pushed back in a scrum, they have conceded ball/territory/momentum, and if they also happen to say collapse or stand up as well, they’re penalized.

You simply can’t penalize them twice, it makes no sense. If they say refuse to budge in the face of SAs power but then collapse or pop because they’re not strong enough, then yes, SA should be given a penalty as the weaker scrum didn’t concede any other advantage.

Italy’s powerful enough to take SA on head on, but most nations would be lightweights compared to them and have no chance stopping the SAn scrum rolling forward. They should look to shorten it from 5m to 2m before the scrum is over, force a good scrum team to use that platform to attack from. Better for everybody.

Remember this: “Poor pathetic uneducated person.“?

But hey, this is the internet, feel free to keep on lying to protect your fragile little ego.