Austin Healey has given Harry Randall the opposite of a confidence boost ahead of the biggest game of his career against Wales in the Six Nations this weekend.
"I would have been tempted to stick with Ben Youngs, or even Danny Care,"
wrote Healey. "Why? Randall is rapid and loves a loose match, but I am equally not sure about him as a Test scrum-half.
"Having started previously against the USA, Canada and Italy, Wales on Saturday is going to be Randall's biggest game for England by some margin. Let's see how he gets on.
"As for Youngs, congratulations to him on breaking the all-time men's England cap's record. It's a phenomenal achievement, and you have to ask whether it will be surpassed, and who might do it."
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#5. Brian Moore
Wales Online: "Snarling, punchy and prone to reading extracts from Henry V in the dressing room, Moore represented everything Welsh fans loved to hate about that England team from the mid-90s."
#4. Wade Dooley
Wales Online: "The "Blackpool Tower", as he liked to be known, really helped himself in the popularity stakes by breaking the cheekbone of Welsh forward Phil Davies during a game at the Arms Park in 1987"
#3. Owen Farrell
The England captain fits the label “our guy” better than most, meaning you love to hate him unless he’s in your squad. Then you’d go to the end’s of the earth to defend him.
Farrell, also known as ‘Shoulder boy’ for his high tackling, does himself no favours with his poor tackling technique.
#2. Austin Healey
Wales Online: "It seemed unlikely when he retired that Healey would manage to become even more annoying as a pundit than he was as a player. But, somehow, he's achieved it. Great job."
#1. Mike Brown
Could it have been anyone else? I'm sure he isn't a bad guy, but he was the pantomime villain when the two teams clashed for a long time.
In his own words, the fullback is a ‘marmite player’ with fans either loving or hating him. A skinhead who enjoys confrontation is not the traditional mould for an England No15.
He played with the annoyance of someone who's read plenty of literature chastising the English and wants to shove it up the noses of the Queen's enemies.
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