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I did think Woodburn had a good game though as per normal.
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Glad to see someone else talking about Nowell at 15. Think this would give solidity and exit from the kick game.
Surely the coaches should consider it. Nowell, Woodburn and Short are all fantastic and all very different. I feel for Short, Prem player of the month last month, missing out on the 23. Dollman has been great for us but the three aforementioned are all better.
I would love to see a back line of (IMHO and our best possible and balanced team for the playoffs):
15 Jack NOWELL
14 Olly WOODBURN
13 Michele CAMPAGNARO
12 Ollie DEVOTO
11 James SHORT
10 Gareth STEENSON (c)
9 Stuart TOWNSEND
1 Carl RIMMER
2 Luke COWAN-DICKIE
3 Tomas FRANCIS
4 Mitch LEES
5 Geoff PARLING
6 Dave EWERS
7 Don ARMAND
8 Thomas WALDROM
16 Shaun MALTON
17 Ben MOON
18 Harry WILLIAMS
19 Jonny HILL
20 Sam SIMMONDS/ Julian SALVI
21 Jack MAUNDER
22 Henry SLADE
23 Ian WHITTEN
Thomas Waldrom made 30 carries v Bristol, the most in a @premrugby game since Opta began recording this data (since 2008/09).
Amazing statistic..... TOOT TOOT
The other stat I picked up from the link kindly provided was the number of tackles Bristol had to make during the match - five times as many as we made - and yet we didn't have that much more possession. Seemed a bit odd to me.