I think maybe this thread has run its course

Not really. We might have more to say after Saturday...

I actually think it's doing quite a good job of keeping all the bitter and twisted bickering in one place so that it's less of a plague to the other threads.

Here's hoping that after all the accolades he's received recently, he makes me look a tw@ this weekend by tormenting the Kiwi's and engineering an England win.

If he does, I'll come back here and make a 'well done Rangi' post in massive, brightly coloured letters.

No doubt with 'you're still not good enough for England, though' in really small letters after.

Well done Rangi!!

Solid game - Hope the knee is Ok!

Isaac Luke = Dirty Thug

Benji Marshall needs smashing too. Clearly his intentions were on rubbing up Rangi than playing the game.

I thought that was Rangi's best game of the series so far. I think the criticism of him has been unfair. He's had the biggest mountain to climb of the whole team. It's his first international series, he hadn't played for a few weeks before the game against Wales, he hasn't ever played in a final and never at Wembley, and he was starting with the game divided over his right to play. Clearly he wants to play for us. He put his heart and soul into that game today and faced up to Benji Marshall good time (I enjoyed watching their face offs!). I hope he's gained confidence from his display and the team win, and goes on to even better things next week!

Thanks for the support!

I don't think he had a great game. He didn't do much, and certainly doesn't dominate like he does at Cas. He was a useful distraction though, because the Kiwis seemed more keen on getting at him than playing their own game, so he did have an impact.

Would prefer to see Sinfield and Widdop for next week, but Rangi did okay.

No surprise there.

Term broken record comes to mind.

I thought Rangi did a good job tonight, its his unpredictability that keeps everybody, even our own players guessing, I didnt think his place kicking was as good as it usually is but all in all a very good game, It was nice to see that after the dirty mother fo luke wound him up, Rangi started flyimg in with a few mis timed flying arms but he seemed to overcome that and not get drawn to there obvious tactics of injuring key players. As an fc fan, i really thought Kearny had more to him than that. All in all Well done Rangi and i hope you have an ace up your sleeve for next week.

Well done Rangi.

Thanks for those comments from Saints and Hull FC fans.

Reming me Slugger - how many Wakey players were on show last night ?

i dont think hes brought anything to the side really because he gets a free role at cas and when he has to play a more structured role it just makes him ineffective