Farrel didn't do him self any favours today. Being steam rollered inhis first tackle and having to resort to the chicken wing set the tone for the rest of his game. The disciplinary may help us out for the NZ game.
Whitehead in. Sorted.

Yep, he'll certainly be missing next week after "that" tackle.

No, he didn't.

On the first one, even if he'd passed, there was no guarantee that Widdop or Hall would have scored; the Aussies had defenders pouring across. (Given that we scored from the resulting penalty, can you blow a try that was scored anyway, ha ha)

The second occasion, Clark tried to offload whilst being tackled. Even if Widdop had gathered the ball, I would still expect him to be tackled by Cherry-Evans.

If you are going to criticize Clark's choices, on the first occasion, a pass would have created an opportunity, but it was a long way from being a certainty.

It wasn't a chicken wing. GI grabs a fist full of Farrell shirt and holds onto it with a straight arm trying to push Faz back. Farrell then turns him over while GI still keeps a straight arm hold on his shirt. If GI let's go of Faz there is no chicken wing.

He will get a ban because Moaning Timmy deems it so

Don't deny Mugchump his whinge with facts. Clarke was excellent today.

I don't think it was, Inglis had hold of his shirt and when forced back his arm had nowhere to go. Purely accidental deserved being on report just to check.
Farrel has played well for me. Tompkins and o loughlin are the week links in the pack at the moment and there are better options in the squad at moment.

O loughlin was ok today and he will be better for the run out.
Tomkins (Joel) should never have been in the England squad, maybe it was a 2 for 1 deal

He's slightly taller then Greg Bird but the Aussies don't worry about his size, I like Farrell he is very underrated, by some fans, he tackles very well & runs some very good lines.

The previous poster was correct, Clarke blew 2 certain tries.

Farrell isn't good enough at this level. A very useful SL player and one most sides would love to have for his workload, but he's not contributing anything, nor is Joel Tomkins.

I really like Farrell. He gets through a lot of work with no fuss. Maybe that's not what you need from an International forward but that's what we've got and he'd be a starting SR in this squad for me. Tomkins is a different kettle of fish altogether though. I really wouldn't have taken him to Australia. He's not ready.