Now that the smoke of civil war has cleared, who should carry the standard Southwards to go and do battle with the Boks?
The following is the team that emerges from a discussion by two journos, Jeremy Guscott, Kenny Logan and Lawrence Dallaglio in the "Sunday Times" today. I wonder what other rugby fans will make of it. There was a lot of disagreement over most of these picks BTW - what I've given below represents a majority view for each position, not a unanimous one by any means:
15 Byrne
14 Shane Williams (actually he got more votes than any other player for both wing positions!)
13 Dricco
12 Roberts (big surprise to me)
11 (Williams got three votes for RW and two for LW - the alternatives for LW were Fitzgerald, Bowe and Sackey)
10 O'Gara
9 Phillips
1 Jenkins
2 Ford (another surprise in my book)
3 Murray
4 O'Connell, who captains the side
5 AWJ
6 Croft
8 Heaslip
7 Martyn Williams
Views?
The following is the team that emerges from a discussion by two journos, Jeremy Guscott, Kenny Logan and Lawrence Dallaglio in the "Sunday Times" today. I wonder what other rugby fans will make of it. There was a lot of disagreement over most of these picks BTW - what I've given below represents a majority view for each position, not a unanimous one by any means:
15 Byrne
14 Shane Williams (actually he got more votes than any other player for both wing positions!)
13 Dricco
12 Roberts (big surprise to me)
11 (Williams got three votes for RW and two for LW - the alternatives for LW were Fitzgerald, Bowe and Sackey)
10 O'Gara
9 Phillips
1 Jenkins
2 Ford (another surprise in my book)
3 Murray
4 O'Connell, who captains the side
5 AWJ
6 Croft
8 Heaslip
7 Martyn Williams
Views?