I don't know where to start with our international side. The SOO shows just how far behind we are. People talk about us getting closer, but we are about as far from the Aussies and to an extent, the Kiwis, as I can remember in my lifetime. Hearing Eddie trying to justify McNamara's stupid comments about the young players 'taking something from the game' made me cringe. As he was corrected, it's not as if the England players have never played against the Exiles before. They play with them/against them week in week out.
People will say we probably would have won if we had Hall, Tomkins etc playing, but that isn't the point. We are talking about the very best players we have to offer, who have trained as a team for a much longer period than the Exiles, being made to look idiots for the 2nd year in a row, yet there appears to be no pressure on McNamara when he shouldn't be within 200 miles of the international set up.
Christ, we might as well bring in Denise Betts to help him out.
I hope not.
