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The Breakdown | Episode 31 | Kieran Read returns to the Mitre 10 Cup

The Breakdown is back this week to discuss the upcoming North v South clash, the big player movements ahead of the Mitre 10 Cup season and announce their end of season awards for Super Rugby Aotearoa.

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PMcD 14 minutes ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

It will sound harsh but he’s actually the heir apparent to Daly’s bench spot at the moment. That’s the exact spot he looks destined to fill at this stage.

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fl 14 minutes ago
England could be forced into pre-World Cup coaching reshuffle

He’s been working with the team for over 10 years and does quite a bit of work with the younger back row players.

I’m aware he’s not a “coach” currently, but England already have a scrum coach (Harrisson) and a lineout coach (Borthwick) and two contact skills coaches (McGuigan & Strawbridge). So what job is el-Abd doing currently? Presumably its mostly mentoring work, and acting as an assistant during lineout & contact training. Don’t see why Hill couldn’t do that?



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Tom 14 minutes ago
England could be forced into pre-World Cup coaching reshuffle

Was a silly appointment right from the start… Borthwick seems only to be capable/willing to bringing in coaches with less experience than himself. England are starting to look good and in Lee Blackett they've clearly got a gem but they've got a huge lack of experience across the coaching setup and it's taken a couple of years of fumbling around before they've found a direction.

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PMcD 15 minutes ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

Yes, EARL is certainly the ENG starting 8 at the moment and I agree they are two very different style of players.

Henry’s game really does suit a bit more space, so you get the best return at the end of games from him but as you say, that can also become a curse. Just look at Kwagga, although he is never the same player as a starter.



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PMcD 19 minutes ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

I think the challenge they face is they have a bit of indecision in the starting line up, where we are quickly running out of games to test players (and combinations) and you also need to give some of the youngsters like Atkinson, Dingwall, Ojomoh, Calouri & Hendy some game time before RWC 2027.

There is an argument to say we are probably 6-12 months behind where we wanted to be but they have the players, it’s just a case of piecing it all together to get the preferred outcome.



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NB 21 minutes ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

Yes I’d also be tempted to play Pepper or Miles Reed at 8 with Alfie covering 8 and 2 off the bench a la Marco Van Staden!

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Dean Vorster 23 minutes ago
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Dupont at 2? Didn't even play most of the year

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NB 23 minutes ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

Yep it’s a huge project but to attract one of the top coaches they’ll need a profile where they can reasonably expect to win 50% of their games…

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NB 24 minutes ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

Remember Eng were coming off a loss to Ireland and the three sevens was in its infancy at the time. Eng has improved more than France in the meanwhile.

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PMcD 25 minutes ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

A good contest to watch but that wasn’t a very good team performance from Bath and full credit to Toulon who were deserving winners.

Toulon front 5 set the platform at scrum & lineout and their back row made a mess of the breakdown and we failed to play with our normal level of control. We certainly missed STUART (on the bench), EWELS (line-out) and SPENCER (control). I think we suffered from a bit too much rotation but Toulon had to win that game to stay alive, which was reflected in their play.



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NB 26 minutes ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

See next article!

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LEWY 27 minutes ago
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NB 27 minutes ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

A bit like Daly isn’t he? Can both wings and could prob handle 13 as well if required…

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NB 28 minutes ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

Earl and Pollock are not really the same kind of player even though both are basically 7’s who can play 8. You would not want to load Pollock with 20 carries per game mostly into a hard one-out D. Earl can manage it.

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NB 29 minutes ago
Will the Northampton playmaking axis return for England at the Six Nations?

I would not say it is black and white as that P.

For example you could play either of the 10’s with George Furbank, and in the centres I think they will also consider Lawrence-Slade [a proven combo] and tinker more with Lawrence-Freeman.



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Jon 34 minutes ago
England could be forced into pre-World Cup coaching reshuffle

Richard Hill - what a player and what a great guy. But he’s team manager, not a coach

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Wayneo 34 minutes ago
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu crowned world’s best in RugbyPass Top 100 2025

😂😂😂

Especially funny because you probably think Damian McKenzie is a flyhalf.



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Eric Elwood 38 minutes ago
Something all rugby fans need to remember... particularly Bok fans

“Um, surely fans - whoever they may be - are also entitled to their opinions”

This is your comment. The author is not saying commentators are not “entitled” to their “opinions” (as those words are correctly understood). He is disagreeing with how some of the opinions are expressed (angrily, abusively).



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SB 41 minutes ago
Top 100 Men's Rugby Players 2025 | Best Rugby Player in the World | RugbyPass

Lucu and Serin should be there for me.

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fl 42 minutes ago
Top 100 Men's Rugby Players 2025 | Best Rugby Player in the World | RugbyPass

0 English players in the top 10, only 1 English player in the top 20.

That’s just really silly.



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