England A Team

Interesting that Murley and Kenningham have been given a run.

15. Joe Carpenter (Sale Sharks, 1 cap)

14. Cadan Murley (Harlequins, 3 caps)

13. Luke Northmore (Harlequins, 2 caps)

12. Orlando Bailey (Leicester Tigers, uncapped)

11. Ollie Hassell-Collins (Leicester Tigers, 2 caps)

10. Billy Searle (Leicester Tigers, uncapped)

9. Harry Randall (Bristol Bears, 14 caps)

1. Tarek Haffar (Leicester Tigers, uncapped)

2. Jamie Blamire (Leicester Tigers, 7 caps)

3. George Kloska (Bristol Bears, uncapped)

4. Ben Bamber (Sale Sharks, uncapped)

5. Joe Batley (Bristol Bears, uncapped)

6. Ethan Roots (C) (Exeter Chiefs, 4 caps)

7. Jack Kenningham (Harlequins, uncapped)

8. Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins, 23 caps)

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16. Kepueli Tuipulotu (Bath Rugby, uncapped)

17. Archie Van Der Flier (Leicester Tigers, uncapped)

18. Afolabi Fasogbon (Gloucester Rugby, uncapped)

19. Hugh Tizard (Saracens, uncapped)

20. Fitz Harding (Bristol Bears, uncapped)

21. Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks, 2 caps)

22. Charlie Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby, 1 cap)

23. George Hendy (Northampton Saints, uncapped)

Will referees/TJs need set squares and compasses for number 5? They can't see a player joining a ruck from in front of the back foot so how will they judge 2 metres????

You could use automation for offsides, so why not just do that. Yes it would slow the game down a bit whilst players adjust but would be better in the long run.

Thanks for your post JEDZI, clearly shows that world rugby is still 2 different games and the opposing views aren't changing any time soon. I watch my daughters play at BUCS level and it isn't easy for you guys with the quality of TJs and trying to cover all bases.

Another very difficult to apply law, and making the refs life very difficult, I watch a lot of BUCS for the same reason, My daugther sent me this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3LwvZ_5MuA

Fully understand that.
They could have simply moved the scrum back 5m to make it a 10m scrum and then see it it changed behaviour.
The thing I really dislike is that someone goes over the line and due to the ref being unsighted, there is no certainty that a try was scored. So, the defending team gets a massive benefit in that they can just hoof the ball downfield.
The punishment against the attacking team is overly harsh.

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If the ref's unsighted they'll ask the TMO, which they normally do anyway unless it's obvious.

Also, I think you'd need to move it a bit more than 5m back to make a difference.

Last call for the Prediction League! It's super simple to play & a lot of fun. You know you want to...

ffs leave scrums alone!!