weird game - entertaining nonetheless:

for me -

excellent - Ellis, Burgess, Graham, Sinfield (best he's played at international), Crabtree, Westwood (surprised the out of me, he looked dangerous), Tomkins, Eastmond, Hall.

I was disappointed with JP, I thought he had an average game, but he's still the most committed forward in world RL.

Get rid (for time being) - Shents, McGuire (doesn't cut it at this level), Smith, S Briscoe.

What about this for a team?

Eastmond
Fox
Ellis
Bridge
Hall
Sinfield
Tomkins
Graham
Roby
Moz
JP
Westwood
Burgess

Crabtree
Carvell
Wilkin
Moore

???

Thats fair enough.

Whilst none of those trys can be blamed on Briscoe (imo). I think the Aussies deliberately targeted that side because of his inexperience. If he plays against New Zealand he needs to have Eastmond and Ellis defending inside of him because they will probably target that side aswell and if Smith and McGuire are there again it will be de ja vu.

Yeah he's had plenty of practise stood behind the posts whilst wearing black and white, he should be used to it.

I think he'll probably pay more attention to what Smith actually said to him TBH. And there's certainly no lack of confidence displayed in his interview with the HDM today.

I realise that you desperately want him to fail, but there really is no evidence at all that Smith blames him in any way for the tries scored while he was on the field. All that article indicates is that Smith wanted to protect an inexperienced player from a tough situation not of his making.

I think they targeted that side of the field for a number of reasons:

1. Inglis
2. An inexperienced winger
3. A player at centre who is actually an FB or winger
4. A prop playing at second row
5. McGuire
6. The left channel is typically favourite for most sides