Andrew was the most overrated player of any generation. He had no heart, no inventiveness, no pace; all he could do was kick. Everything that typified England yawnion of that period & led me to detest watching a game I grew up playing at school. Long may he remain in charge of elite (sic) yawnion.

Just wait til Johnson gets hold of them, it'll go from 10 man rugby to 8 man rugby - you might as well pick back rowers on the wings and centres as they'll never see the ball.

I've never heard of any of them. Surely Topsy cannot be his first name can it ?

It is indeed.

Danny Care scored on his first Test start on Saturday.

He came on as a substitute making his debut in the first game.

Strettle has played a few times for England, and Ojo made his debut in the first Test IIRC, scoring once or twice.

Turvey is his middle name

That's quite good

You can just end the sentence there.

[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/7481130.stmTindall, Kay and Worseley as well as 11 others dropped from the Elite squad.[/url

What's the point of having them in the Saxons, which is supposed to be about developing players for the next level?

No idea, it does seem a strange decision. But it obviously suggests that Johnson still has a place for them if he is willing to give them a chance in the Saxons.

Cipriani is in the Saxons squad due to his injury, meaning that once again, England have a squad with only one specialist 10...Wilkinson.

Hodgson is dropped all together.

I have a feeling Hodgson will force his way back in through outstanding performances for Sale and due to the fact that no-one is outstanding.
He has defensive weaknesses but so do most stand offs.

Cipriani, before his injury, was outstanding. England have missed him since he got injured.

I see Tindall has requested a "special circumstances" hearing on his drink driving charge.

What's the betting they wheel out some medical expert to testify that his damaged liver gave a false reading.

Don't know why he's bothering really, he could just get his bit of fluff's Gran to sort it, surely?

He'll get off it no doubt.

He'll escape a ban as it will inerfere with his 'charidy work'. A la useless Welsh tosspot also going out with a princess.

Having some experienced players around the younger guys will help with their development before moving up to the full England Rugby side.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back onto Other Sports...

Mr Glider, long time no see.

Somebody has broken TRL so I thought I would stop by and say hello.

Listening to Kevin Sinfield on the Real Radio phone in last night, he mentioned that Toulouse RU have a wage bill of 22 million Euros. That's a staggering amount- ten times the SL salary cap- and it really does show what we're up against in the financial muscle of the rival code.

I was talking to a well known English RL person who coaches with the French national team yawnion team. He described the amount of money around in yawnion as obscene.

Union is .

I was talking with a fellow rugby fan and he described the game of league as obscene. He really was spot on.

As a fan of Rugby Football in general, I'd be interested to hear his reasonings, and perhaps RL could improve these areas or area.

Dave Ellis I assume?

Stephen Jones of The Sunday Times ?