Owen Farrell

much.

think about like Richie Maunga or you know you've played with Finn Russell you've played with Owen Farrell are they quite similar characters in the way they approach their footy as tens or are they all quite different in the way that they do their prep and get ready to to play on a weekend and and the time you've spent with them learning about how to do these things

they are just so different about what they do they're all different players ultimately like they've all got different skill sets I would say so the way they even approach the week the way they lead it's all it's all different but

We know Richie.

You spend a lot of time with Richie, but I love Owen Farrell, man.

I don't know much about him.

I've only heard from afar what he's like.

that's what i mean you can pick the best from faz you can take yeah trying to be relaxed and that from finn and then with rich like he led environments differently as well and the way he plays is kind of more towards probably how I would try and play in the other two.

But yeah, I think they're still figuring out their feet, but...

Yeah they've got a great coaching staff, I think that's one good thing you do have to credit I think the Irish team with Farrell, Andrew Goodman and the way that he's able to lead that group so look, if they're there or thereabouts, come World Cup time there's enough experience I believe to get over the advantage line but for right now, yeah probably not to where we've probably seen them in that sixth in the era.

So with all of that said and you look at the way that this final system works after these three games with 1v2, 3v4 etc...

What do you see 1v2 being?

He's within that squad, most likely behind Finn Russell for this test match, but certainly there.

So we'll be having a yarn with him about what it's like up there, I suppose, for him, the Scotland squad, the way they approach things, what the changes have been like for him heading up to footies.

And man, he's had some bad luck over the years, Fergus Burke, whether it's injury or, you know, Oh, and Farrell coming back and taking the spot at Saracens, having left his contract in France early.

He hasn't had a lot of luck, but he's playing test footy.

Mike Catt was a fly-off turn centre.

You're thinking of Owen Farrell? No, Owen Farrell is better than Mike Catt.

I hate to say it, but no, he's not better.

He's not won a

Well, those are the old guys.

I don't know if it's rugby, English rugby, but certainly Owen Farrell's way up there.

Mara Toji, those guys are way up there.

Bingo.

Rhys Carey.

Jamie George, Marcus Street, Maritoji, Hugh Tizard, Juan Martin Gonzalez, Ben Earl, Nathan Mitchell over eight, Charlie Bracken, Owen Farrell, Ritimi Shagan, Nick Tompkins, Angus Hall, Noah Clorey, Jack Bracken.

Do you agree? Are we the new selection committee? Is that what we're going with?

I was going to say, to have Charlie and Jack Bracken both playing together, I absolutely love watching siblings play together.

Let's look at the spine of our team and who we got there in that spine of our team.

Fergus, you have to assume he failed his HIA, so he's out.

So 10, next cab off the block, who had a good game against Conor, A4, Owen Farrell.

Okay, we're going to have a concern about kicking from the tee.

This rotation policy they've got is just scoffing their season.

This was a game that needed Owen Farrell.

It needed Owen Farrell to start.

Whether it was a 10 or 12, they needed someone like that in the team.

They probably needed to start Jamie George.

I mean, even in the minutiae on Sunday...

Fergus Burke goes off for an HIA, fails it, and Owen Farrell is on the touchline as a waterboy.

And Max Malins had to move to 10.

He can play 10, but he wasn't having a great day at 15.