Poms turn to Twelvetrees

Poms turn to Twelvetrees

31 Jan 2013

Billy Twelvetrees will make his Test debut for England against Scotland at Twickenham on Saturday.

There are two changes to the team that thumped the All Blacks in November with Twelvetrees coming in for Manu Tuilagi at inside centre and Joe Marler replacing Alex Corbisiero at loosehead prop.

‘We are happy to stick with the team that did so well against New Zealand, especially in light of the fact that they have all been in good form for their clubs since then,’ said England coach Stuart Lancaster. There were some very tight calls, with some experienced players coming back into contention, and I am sure the bench will have a significant impact on the game.’

England – 15 Alex Goode, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Brad Barritt, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Mike Brown, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Ben Morgan, 7 Chris Robshaw (c), 6 Tom Wood, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Tom Youngs, 1 Joe Marler.
Subs: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 David Wilson, 18 Mako Vunipola, 19 Courtney Lawes 20 James Haskell, 21 Danny Care, 22 Toby Flood, 23 David Strettle.


64 Comments

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  • 51.Liewe Luiperd: Reply to this comment
    1 Feb 2013, 01:09 am

    Skopskiet you are a twat. A racist, attention seeking, purposefully controversial twat.

    Don’t get enough love in your life, clearly.

    That’s me. A sleep and another day dawns in beautiful Africa.

  • 52.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    1 Feb 2013, 01:29 am

    You change your tune Luigi Luiperd?
    So now according to you moffbal isn’t loved by blacks it’s loved by D’tchmen even more?
    Make up your mind which colonial cast off hang up you more attached to because it sounds like you starting to confuse yourself

  • 53.Te Rangatira: Reply to this comment
    1 Feb 2013, 01:30 am

    @skopdiekan-48:
    Bruce Robertson played for Counties and lined up for the Abs v Bok 81, …Smoking Joe was the man in Ab87 team and played for the Great Auckland teams of that era

  • 54.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    1 Feb 2013, 01:41 am

    @Te Rangatira-53:
    Ok thanks Te Ranga
    I lost touch with most teams during those eras I didn’t follow much sport at all during those times we only got TV here around mid 80′s I think and round then I was more immersed in other interests and activities apart from sport or rugby. Remember watching Grant Fox with Sid Going when they toured here and they were impressive but didn’t follow rugby or sport that closely back then

  • 55.victoriabok: Reply to this comment
    1 Feb 2013, 01:53 am

    @skopdiekan-54:

    > lost touch with most teams during those eras I didn’t follow much sport at all during those times we only got TV here around mid 80?s

    Now you’re talking even more **** than usual

    We got tv in the mid sewenties, 1976 to be exact

    I remember watching Mark Ella play for the Wallabies in their 1984 tour in to the UK

  • 56.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    1 Feb 2013, 02:10 am

    I didn’t own or watch tv in this country till late 80′s
    I didn’t watch or follow the 81 tour apart from what we read or heard in the news
    I didn’t follow rugby closely till around 91 WC with Campese Horan Little Lynagh Sella Blanco etc
    I watched one game here with Fox and Going I think Going came earlier
    I watched the rebel tour with Wright Botha Du Plessis bros Rynach vs Abs then switched off till 91 WC
    Didn’t watch 87 WC and I either didn’t own a tv then or wasn’t interested

    I followed rugby through school Davie De Villiers Pietersen Visagie Mannequins Roux

  • 57.skopdiekan: Reply to this comment
    1 Feb 2013, 02:14 am

    DawIe de VIllIer Piet Visagie Mannetjie Roux Syd Nomis HO de Villiers

    Them I saw live. Then left school and between 71 – 91 hardly watched any rugby here or abroad

  • 58.Te Rangatira: Reply to this comment
    1 Feb 2013, 02:41 am

    @skopdiekan-56:
    We were kind of starved of Rugby coming out of the Republic during the seventies and eighties. We had heard of the great names Gerber, Naas Botha, C Du Plesis,Ray Mordt etc but hadn’t seen them actually play other than snippets. I was too young to really remember the tour in 76, so when the 81 tour came around was quite fascinated to see these players whom I had heard were as good or not better than what we had.

  • 59.whatthe: Reply to this comment
    1 Feb 2013, 03:08 am

    @skopdiekan-56:
    And it shows cause your rugby knowledge is still behind the times……….you’ve never caught up!

  • 60.Slartibartfast: Reply to this comment
    1 Feb 2013, 04:58 am

    “Then left school and between 71 – 91 hardly watched any rugby here or abroad” :shock:

    Mmm explains a lot, most of us took a few years after school to ‘let down our hair’ but a 20 year bender must surely impact a brain in a negative way!

  • 61.whatthe: Reply to this comment
    1 Feb 2013, 05:00 am

    @Slartibartfast-60:

    :lol:

  • 62.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    1 Feb 2013, 06:55 am

    Skop you are a one of a kind

    keep on trucking, big guy.

  • 63.gunther: Reply to this comment
    1 Feb 2013, 07:06 am

    @i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-62:

    he is a ******* nutcase who needs to be kept away from sharp implements and mechanised equipment.

  • 64.sparticus: Reply to this comment
    1 Feb 2013, 14:54 pm

    @JL1-7: lokl !!!

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