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18302_1567366773.png [b:1crbsr9w] Toulouse for Championship in 2017, Super League in 2021!
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| I expect better from New Zealand when not playing in front of an Australian home crowd.
Solomone Kata gave glimpses of his fearsome club form. He will massacre the defensively challenged England centres.
If New Zealand can improve their form (and I expect that they will) then they can still win the tournament.
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| Quote: nottinghamtiger "We've got a 7 coming into the team who has just made a record number of assists in a SL season (looking back through the stats that are available) and has won the Goldthorpe Medal for the last two years.
He might not do well at international level, but let's at least give him a chance before deciding he's not good enough.
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Yes, this. I just hope Bennett does give Gale the shot; he deserves it.
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| Quote: William Eve "Wish I had a quid for every time someone uttered that tired and inaccurate mantra of [i'Our big lads can outmuscle theirs'[/i. I've yet to see it happen.
Hardaker isn't in the England squad and rightly so. He's played like a basket-case all season long and looked way out of his depth during his stint in the NRL.'"
Sam Burgess and James Graham would get into the Aussie or New Zealand side. I'm not sure anybody else would, George Burgess maybe when he's on form.
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| Quote: Lovesauce "Gale prefers to ply his trade over here, against fair weather opposition. Your opinion is thankfully, meaningless.'"
and some might say that yours is too, which is particularly sad as it's a forum for discussion
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| Gale is great for Cas, but no Wayne Bennett coached team is gonna play like Cas.
Hope Issac Luke is banned, that was nasty.
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| IMO at the end of the day whether we win or lose is all down to 1-7. Our forwards can match theirs, both in terms of pace, power and skill. We can get into try-scoring situations, but time after time our half-backs and outside backs just don't deliver. When the pressure's on and there are 10mins left to win a test match, who's your money on - Widdop and Williams or Thurston and Cronk?
Hopefully, now there's a fully fit Hodgson at 9 we might be able to cause them a few more problems. In Super League, the players have to cope with close games and real pressure a handful of times a season. In the NRL it's probably 4/5 times that, if not more when you take into account Origin. This is where Bennett comes in and hopefully his experience and guidance can hopefully get our back line switched on and get the team over the finishing line.
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