Team vs Benetton

ap sior wrote: Who are Tax and Hagan?????

Rishi Sunak is starting his retraining as rugby coach but can’t quite let go of his current job.

Fscarlet wrote: So if Benetton are getting players back, will we?

GPR - Rochester wrote: Fscarlet wrote: So if Benetton are getting players back, will we? I am sure that getting guys back is being constantly discussed between Pivac and Delaney. I was hoping that we would see Liam, Patchell & Cubby for urgently needed minutes this weekend. Patchell is now a non starter as Sheedy is still with Bristol as they may be stepping in to replace Wasps. Hopefully we could see the other two.

Patchell and Liam will likely get game time against France. I wouldn’t expect to see any of the Wales squad players until well into 2021

scarletnut wrote: GPR - Rochester wrote: Fscarlet wrote: So if Benetton are getting players back, will we? I am sure that getting guys back is being constantly discussed between Pivac and Delaney. I was hoping that we would see Liam, Patchell & Cubby for urgently needed minutes this weekend. Patchell is now a non starter as Sheedy is still with Bristol as they may be stepping in to replace Wasps. Hopefully we could see the other two.  Patchell and Liam will likely get game time against France. I wouldn’t expect to see any of the Wales squad players until well into 2021

It should not be a surprise that we will be without the internationals until after the 6N.ots been talked about for a fair few weeks. In a normal season we would have player release if a player wasn't involved etc. We would also have them after the autumn internationals.but these are not normal times. The players will be in camp in their bubble building some team cohesion I suppose ahead of the 6N. With Europe starting is it the same weekend or the week after the last international, that should be obvious enough that we are without them for that period. We MIGHT have them for Christmas derbies, but I'm not holding my breath. Its a season without nearly 20 players. First teamers. If we have them before the end of the 6N I will look at it as a massive bonus. Its a season that is going to be huge for the likes of Tom Rogers, Ryan Conbeer, Sam Costellow, Jac Morgan, Morgan Rees etc. 

GPR - Rochester wrote: Well not having them back for Europe/derbies etc is news to me. If that is mirrored throughout the Celtic nations then we can forget any of our teams competing in Europe as I cannot see the English premiership or the top 14 standing for being without their International players for what is effectively mid October 2020 to end of March 2021 - 5 months plus.

It’s the same for the English and French sides. Nobody is getting precious about it this season. 

scarletnut wrote: GPR - Rochester wrote: Well not having them back for Europe/derbies etc is news to me. If that is mirrored throughout the Celtic nations then we can forget any of our teams competing in Europe as I cannot see the English premiership or the top 14 standing for being without their International players for what is effectively mid October 2020 to end of March 2021 - 5 months plus. It’s the same for the English and French sides. Nobody is getting precious about it this season.

scarletnut wrote: GPR - Rochester wrote: Well not having them back for Europe/derbies etc is news to me. If that is mirrored throughout the Celtic nations then we can forget any of our teams competing in Europe as I cannot see the English premiership or the top 14 standing for being without their International players for what is effectively mid October 2020 to end of March 2021 - 5 months plus. It’s the same for the English and French sides. Nobody is getting precious about it this season.

It's the same in some respects but for pro14 teams like us, Leinster, Munster, Treviso, Edinburgh etc. we're significantly disadvantaged because of the volume of players we've got in the national squads.