Quote: Offside Monkey "Was there ever! I think it was the game we threw away against the Kiwis, it was Ellis himself that was coming out the line and leaving gaps -t'as very bizarre. I can only think that something, whether it was the travel, prep training or the opposition had shook the sense out of us.'"
Ellis's defence at Leeds was showy but he was never really the best defender. His tackle completion rate was only marginally better than McGuire's in 2008. That said he was one of the players who definitely underperformed for England (Ellis, not McGuire).
