RBS Six Nations: A Cip Off The Old Block
What a miserable and mean lot we are pitting the Boy Cipriani against Golden Oldie Wilko - what were we thinking? Perhaps a bit of healthy competition within the ranks would help improve the game? It seems to have worked, but at what expense? We all thought or tried to hope for some sadistic reason to oust Jonny Wilkinson and shunt Danny Cipriani into the heart of the action instead. I repeat, what were we thinking? Brian Ashton knows his s*** and is more than aware of the boy's talents but also knows that he has to learn the ropes, pretty much Wilko style ten years back, talk about a chip off the old block!
There's no way that Jonny would be dropped for 20-year-old Cip surely we can have both! Well it's good news for Danny as the Wasps fly-half will be up for his first full international start for saturday's clash against Scotland at Murrayfield. Jonny didn't take the rap, but Ian Balshaw did, he drops to the bench. Danny was active for England's 26-19 opening Six Nations defeat to Wales at Twickenham, when he replaced the injured Mike Tindall during the second half. He also came on in the second half for England's 23-19 win over Italy in Rome.
Here's the full English:
D Cipriani (Wasps); P Sackey (Wasps), J Noon (Newcastle), T Flood (Newcastle), L Vainikolo (Gloucester); J Wilkinson (Newcastle), R Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks); A Sheridan (Sale Sharks), L Mears (Bath), P Vickery (Wasps, capt), S Shaw (Wasps), S Borthwick (Bath), T Croft (Leicester), M Lipman (Bath), N Easter (Harlequins)
Replacements: G Chuter (Leicester), M Stevens (Bath), B Kay (Leicester), L Narraway (Gloucester), P Hodgson (London Irish), M Tait (Newcastle), I Balshaw (Gloucester).
Put your money where your mouth is and take a look at Bodog's Six Nation odds.
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