An England football team of rugby players capable of bringing the World Cup home

Rugby News
Tuesday, 03 July 2018 at 17:16
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Ahead of England's clash with Colombia tonight, the RUCK team has put their heads together to create a football side of rugby players that would without a doubt bring the World Cup home...
Or maybe not...
Take a look at our selection below:
Goalkeeper: Mike Brown
His safe hands under the high ball would make him the perfect man to come and collect crosses.
Right-back: Jack Nowell
Steely, speedy and calm on the ball.
Centre-back: Joe Launchbury (Captain)
Physically imposing and more than capable of marshalling a well-organised defence.
Centre-back: Courtney Lawes
The position where you need a defender who can tackle HARD. Nuff said.
Left-back: Tom Curry
His defensive qualities would allow Jonny May to roam forward and attack.
Right-wing: Owen Farrell
We needed him on the pitch to take the set pieces. The David Beckham of our team.
Centre-midfield: Danny Care
Fit, athletic and a canny distributor – Care (bottom left) is the perfect creative midfielder, really. Also… he actually played football with Jamie Vardy (bottom right) for Sheffield Wednesday.
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Centre-midfield: Chris Robshaw
The role – breaking up play, making life difficult, stopping the opposition – the Harlequins man was born to play.
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Left-wing: Jonny May
One word: SPEED.
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Striker: Alex Lozowski
Had a trial at Arsenal with Harry Kane. That makes him more than qualified to be in this XI. Spot a young Lozowski (bottom left) and Harry Kane (middle row, third from right) in this photo.
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Striker: Maro Itoje
The new Emile Heskey. Good ball control married with power: who else would you want leading the line? With his tendency to give away penalties we also want him as far away from our box as possible.
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