I’m welsh and even I’m jealous of England for having this amazing talent I wish he was fit all the time as he’s genuinely an exciting player to watch Brute strength with pace and an eye for space
i used to make jokes about his injuries. I felt like an ass watching this. Must have really been gruelling having to always go back to rehab when you finally think things are back on track. Missing all those tests and the Lions tour too. Jeez.
It’s a perfect tribute to the man even the title of the music is welcome home welcome back manu,welcome back. I love the extra commentary from the rugby pod 🏉 etc and the black and white bits from the older footage👌👌.class
M Tuilagi fulfil’s an very important role to the England backline, which England sorely missed during the Six Nations and the South Africa tour, which is Balance. England’s backline has no heavy ball carriers, hence why Jones sticks Lawes/Itoje at 6 to fulfil Englands inadequacies. With Tuilagi in the squad England would have no real weaknesses in the backline. This would free up the 6 position to a specialist like Brad Shields, Mark Wilson, Rhodes, Robshaw. Having Tuilagi in the squad fixes two of Englands KEY weaknesses.
Exactly our point of attack will change this is why Ashton has been drafted in Ashton was amazing with Manu at 12-13 we struggled with any penetration midfield for years and Ashton was starved of ball with Barritt inside and Brown with no pace. Our forwards have been running backwards to get to our rucks and we can not retain our own ball. Even Teo if only he can get a run of games with out injury would of made a difference. I assume Farrell will be at 10 Ford as back up. So Cips was cast aside, With Cips in at 10 and Manu at 12-13 I think we would have a devastating back line in attack. Hopefully Daly at 15 as brown does not give England an outside att-acking link man. It just bothers me Jones will not try Cips at 10. Manu (fit) England will be a seriously (potentially) attacking back line. Fingers crossed England looked tired and bereft of ideas last 6 Nations. We were still only a few points behind Ireland, Scotland and France. A few decisions in the games did not go our way, we are not far off a great team. Jones should of made team changes in 2017. Bet he ran our team into the ground. Lets see if Jones can change his mindset as Farrell and Ford had no attacking threat. Why is Youngs still there he needs break and Robson needs a run from Wasps....
Tom Butcher Imagine a backline of (Robson/Care)-(Farrell/Cipriani)-(Tuilagi/Te’o)-(Lozowski/Joseph/Slade)with Ashton, Daly, Watson in the back three. Ashton would be so deadly, as everyone in that backline can make breaks and Ashton would be there to finish them. Cipriani and Care would be great off the bench. The main problem England have is the breakdown, Youngs in my opinion is too slow at the breakdown, which allows other teams to set their defence. If Robson started, alongside Shields, Vunipola and Curry, our breakdown should be a lot quicker.
And playing him like this as a one trick pony is why he so injured. Just like they did with Wilkinson. Get him to loose some weight, whuch will help him by putting less strain on repetitive injuries and work more on speed and handling.
I'm a die-hard all blacks supporter and I'm Tongan stay in Nz, but Manu one of my fav rugby player, but sad how he always has many injuries, when England always used Manu properly on the field it becomes a little nightmare for the all blacks, could imagine if he still 90% good England midfield will be very dangerous. Still, remember the time when they beat All blacks because manu keep on break the line I was happy that England won that game cause his just another Poly brother from the Pacific Samoa haha
Great video. Forgot how exciting Manu is to watch... With the Vunipola's out I hope he can take on the main carrying role within this England side... I like all the hype, but lets not hope we're talking too soon.
@@tombutcher3021 yeah agreed. He still hasn't hit the form that he was on when he was last playing for england, however he's always picked his game up for england and performs 2x better in an england shirt
You also have to take into account Manu and Morgan fitness levels will increase both will drop weight and get faster. Manu especially as i think his lack of game time has added the pounds, by six nations if still fit manu and Morgan will be back to their best.
As a rugby player that’s faced a lot of the similar injuries that Manu has faced and would like to say have a similar playing style to Manu, thank you for the upload. It’s not easy to recover from injuries and it takes a huge mental toll. Not trying to make this about me, but its awesome to see that Manu is getting back into form and even came off the bench for England.
Lovely tribute. The whole debate over whether or not he'll be effective for England misses out the important thing about his return. He's back, again. We have to appreciate how determined this guy is, and yes, it would be great to see him shine for England, but he keeps coming back, he refuses to let the injuries get to him. And just seeming him giving the best 13 on the planet, J Davies, a tough time, with no strapping on his knees and a smile on his face is one hell of a sight.
He’s a great example of honing that Raw Samoan/Polynesian power whilst controlling aggression and discipline enough to become something more than just a bulldozer
KEFE HES A WOMAN BASHING DUMB FUCKING BONGA OF A COCONUT ... YEA NAH HES NOT HONORABLE IF ANYTHING HE SHOULD BE LOCKED UP FOR WHAT HE DID ... FUCKING DIRTY TYPICAL SAMOAN COCO
The legend is back , manu you have to do this job back to England, i watch already tonga & Argentina world cup match, england need your energy, but me and my nz girl friend miss to take world cup 2019 final match tickets, still I’m worry about that, please England ! Take it back your title , england peoples and specially me hopefully waiting for it , GOOD LUCK ENGLAND 🏴
As much as I don’t agree with him playing for England considering literally all his brothers played for Samoa, I still think he’s a cracking player and England are very VERY lucky to have someone like him in their team to use to break lines, but I do love seeing him play and he’s got more skill then Alesana
As much as I hate England, I hate it more not seeing Manu on the field. An explosive and powerful machine, hope to see him in the World Cup, fingers crossed.
Yeah they are really similar! Similar Build, both flatten players, always looking for crash ball. Both quite injury prone too haha, but both unstoppable when in form.
aidan Well I haven't started one. I was at the Sale vs Connacht game last weekend and he got injured. He came off around the 23rd minute, hopefully it's not too serious. Looked like a quad injury or maybe his ankle. He had a fantastic game the week before against Newcastle though, so it'll be a shame if he's out for a while.
CroseyCompsRugby really??👀😭 wait so are you English? For some reason I thought you were from SA😂 that’s so unfortunate for him to be injured again after just a couple games.
I truly hope he gets better... its just shame ... he could be or i am asuuming is still the best center in the world. I dont think any one would be able to stop or go past him if he gets better. I really hope he gets a full year of no injuries. god bless him ...
From a Wallaby supporter - If England are to have any chance of hoisting the Webb Ellis they need this man in the team. I'll never forget the day he single handedly beat the All Blacks. What a talent. Faamalosi uso!!!
Excellent video, have subscribed on the strength of this, look forward to seeing more. As for Tuilagi - he is fucking awesome, the personification of the phrase "game-changer".
he was a an animal when he came into the fold as a youngster but after all he's been through with his on and of the field issues, he's came back a Lion and a well disciplined player off the pitch and on the pitch, malo lava uso , wear the rose 2k19 rwc
this man needs to be wrapped in cotton wool until the world cup if england wanna win in my opinion he's one of the best in the world when hes fit and a real game changer
but what a legend, not once did he shy away from any contact with manu, and hes been pasted time and time again that game.. just gutted JDV didnt get much game time at Leicester when he was here for the 6ish months :(
Class video! Is it safe to upload premiership now? My last video was taken down on cipriani so I'm wondering whether it's safe to re-upload. nice one buddy
The Rugby Cloud I think so mate. I'm confused as well tbh. I made a video of Sopoaga's debut, it got removed by LDS Sports, but then an hour later they removed the strike and the video was back up.
