6 Nations! - and Glory Days!

I'm not sure that at the start of the 2004 6 Nations after the above took place, or at the start of the 2008 tournament after JW had steered England to an improbable 2nd consecutive final, that anyone would have thought it would be Andy Goode lining up at No. 10 for the 2009 series. Goode has never been first choice, and still isn't now; but for his calf injury Toby Flood would be starting. However, I wish him luck, he's a decent player and has a solid kicking game and has a chance to claim for his own the berth he has had to watch JW, Charlie Hodgson, Toby Flood, Danny Cipriani and even Olly Barkley dominate. He's more one dimensional than any of those others but Johnson will be banking on him to be more solid and dependable than all (but JW). A solid start is what we need tomorrow, dominate possession and territory get the scoreboard moving and maybe cut lose with our exciting backs towards the end.
I don't think it promises to be a glory Year for English Rugby.
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I predict: Eng 28-12 Italy