THTheTraditionalist
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26 Jan 2017, 08:11#2
Article written by an expert. It builds on a remark made by the england coach( who is never short of an opoortunity to market his squad) about FR in an attempt to sell a sporting event that some might fear to be one sided (thus a poor seller)
The article goes on elaborating on WR best employee of the month advertizing and expands it to other squads.
It focuses on centers.
England
Ford, 5’9, 185lbs
Farrell, 6’2, 212
Joseph, 6?, 201
5’11, 198lbs
New Zealand
Beauden Barrett, 6’2, 203
Ryan Crotty 6?, 209
Anton Lienert-Brown 6’2, 212
6’1, 208lbs
Australia
Bernard Foley, 6?, 196
Reece Hodge, 6’3, 207
Tevita Kuridrani 6’4, 225
6’2, 209lbs
Ireland
Johnny Sexton, 6’3, 203
Robbie Henshaw, 6’3, 209
Jared Payne, 6’2, 209
6’3, 207lbs
France
Jean-Marc Doussain, 5’9, 203
Remi Lamerat, 6’3, 231
Gaël Fickou 6’3, 218
6?, 217lbs
This claim is made:
The England midfield of George Ford, Owen Farrell and Jonathan Joseph is the smallest trio in rugby’s international top tier.
This board reported the injury of one regularly played french center, Fofana.
After checking, Fofana's size is given to be 5'10
It must be known who else is played regularly at center for FR.
Nevertheless, the article, written by an expert, starts with a remark stating that FR plans to play tall players, continuing that EN lack of size will be detrimental.
Now it might be that FR players are no taller than EN players and the increased size reported on the table is the coincidence of injuries.
