Dawson Still Favoured Over Andy Gomarsall

By Cherrybomb
November 12 2002

The England squad for Saturday's match against Australia has been announced. Andy Gomarsall has still not made it in to the first 15, but gets a place on the bench. Lawrence Dallaglio has been dropped as well.

England Squad:

15 Jason Robinson - The Sharks
14 James Simpson-Daniel - Gloucester
13 Will Greenwood NEC - Harlequins
12 Mike Tindall - Bath
11 Ben Cohen - Northampton Saints
10 Jonny Wilkinson - Newcastle Falcons
9 Matt Dawson - Northampton Saints
1 Trevor Woodman - Gloucester
2 Steve Thompson - Northampton Saints
3 Phil Vickery - Gloucester
4 Martin Johnson - Leicester Tigers (CAPT)
5 Ben Kay - Leicester Tigers
6 Lewis Moody - Leicester Tigers
7 Neil Back - Leicester Tigers
8 Richard Hill - Saracens

REPLACEMENTS

16 Mark Regan - Leeds Tykes
17 Jason Leonard - NEC Harlequins
18 Danny Grewcock - Bath
19 Lawrence Dallaglio - London Wasps
20 Andy Gomarsall - Gloucester
21 Austin Healey - Leicester Tigers
22 Tim Stimpson - Leicester Tigers

Dallaglio has been dropped after a poor performance on Saturday against the All Blacks.

Andy Gomarsall, despite a brilliant performance against London Irish, and despite Matt Dawson's poor performance against New Zealand, still fails to get in to the starting XV. I thought you were picking on merit Woodward?

James Forrester also fails to get a squad place. Don't be disheartened though Gloucester fans. I think that Clive Woodward has pretty much sorted his world cup squad, and a lot of Gloucester players are featured. They will all play in games in the future, be it the Autumn internationals or the 6 nations.