ArmchairGeneral says...

Totally agree with you both on 12/3s. Flood talks a lot about personal ambition, but not about the team. Hope he will be doing what it takes mid week, on bench or wherever he can for England test wins as his top goal. Where he ends up is not the key issue. Re playing him at 12... Hes not played there for a while. I'd rather see that experiment at Leicester or v Italy. Got to stick with Barritt or Tuilagi for tests I think, but also think Lancaster may well try him at 12. 12trees may well fly out as injury sub if we're starting with two of three tens each game.

Posted 13:32 01st June 2012

Centre12 says...

The key word here is "earn" his place back. One of the things that I admire about Lancaster is that he picks players on form, he'll give blokes the benefit of the doubt for 2-3 games, but if they are still under preforming, someone else gets a chance ie, Farrell in for Hodgson and Wade in for Strettle.

The only selection I have with the whole squad is the inclusion of Hodgson over the exclusion of Twelvetrees, an issue that many England supporters probably have. I can understand to a degree though as this is still a largely inexperienced squad and he needs as much experience in key areas as possible, that being said I'd imagine, CH is 3rd choice now with Flood back in contention, Farrell is still the man for me though.

Posted 08:08 01st June 2012