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Who do you think he could have picked to strengthen it with the players available? I assume Marler wasn't considered viable to start post covid/lack of training... I guess Mako maybe but once he wasn't in the squad EJ was never going to bring him back.
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Sinkler is not an international standard scrummager and is only really good for a 2o minute cameo when/if the game becomes loose. Genge is also not dominant scrum time, I'd have gone Marler and Collier. There's an obsession with 'ball playing' props but you just need to nail that set piece.
Isiekwe is too lightweight at test level especially alongside Itoje (who's not huge by international lock standards).
I'd have gone Dombrandt over Simmons and Barbeary over Ludlam in the backrow. The Scots will fancy their chances!
Saffronspokes
It's a decidedly weak pack. No real grunt, he can't rate the Scots physicality much.