Anyway, I think we can all agree on one thing. And that is that...

...Colin de Grandhomme is a very silly name.

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...Colin de Grandhomme is a very silly name.

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Is he one of the 'English' players? I understand that the 'England' captain is actually Irish, that several of the 'England' players ran away from the champagne as if confronted by a demon, and that one chap was born in the Caribbean?

It's hardly village greens and warm beer and the Vicar's wife ona bicycle, is it?

Something about quick feet for a big man.

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Is he one of the 'English' players? I understand that the 'England' captain is actually Irish, that several of the 'England' players ran away from the champagne as if confronted by a demon, and that one chap was born in the Caribbean?

It's hardly village greens and warm beer and the Vicar's wife ona bicycle, is it?

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Morgan's mother is English and he has held British citizenship since he was a baby, while Archer's father was born in England.

Anyway, these are the benefits of empire. We get a slightly bigger pool in which to fish.

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Something about quick feet for a big man.

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I mean Colin of Bigman. Ridicules. :hehe:

Mind you, I'm pretty sure that Lockie and Kane aren't real names either.

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I mean Colin of Bigman. Ridicules. :hehe:

Mind you, I'm pretty sure that Lockie and Kane aren't real names either.

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Hake of Bigman, surely?

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Morgan's mother is English and he has held British citizenship since he was a baby, while Archer's father was born in England.

Anyway, these are the benefits of empire. We get a slightly bigger pool in which to fish.

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Would love someone to tell Ben Stokes he isn't English

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Would love someone to tell Ben Stokes he isn't English

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Apparently he's a Kiwi, la.

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Hake of Bigman, surely?

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:hehe: I hadn't considered translating Colin. That's even better. Imagine the confusion with which his name is greeted in France.

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Apparently he's a Kiwi, la.

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A 'Kiwi' with a Cumbrian accent.