It still wasnt down to Briscoe though wasnt it.

Smith was at fault for his positioning but Briscoe playing gave the Aussies a target to build their game plan around.

Australia's game plan was to kick behind Briscoe and exploit his lack of pace and mobility to build pressure because he lacks the pace to get to the ball quick enough to make effective kick returns thus enabling Australia to smother England so they couldn't make any decent exit sets.

You cant put all the blame on Smiths and Briscoes defending, the whole team were lazy in attack and defence. No one on this planet can defend when there is only two against four mothers like Ingles running at you. Smithy may have been out of position but had he not come inside there would have been a 10 yard gap between him and the next player. Very lazy defending.

Excellent. You've just exposed your huge club bias and lack of RL knowledge for everyone to see. Top move.

Did Australias game plan include running through the huge gap left in Englands defence by an AWOL Lee Smith?

Who needs to kick behind a winger or build pressure when one of the opposition centres rolls the red carpet out for the likes of Inglis to saunter through virtualy untouched.

And Fox would have combated this would he. Briscoe has pace and mobility and strength.

It wasnt the kicking behind Briscoe that beat us it was the more the fact that the cheeky Aussies kept passing to Greg Inglis you clown!!!!!

Of course they attacked down their left hand side GREG INGLIS PLAYS ON THAT SIDE.

Am I over simplyfying things here?

Probably not, but the chance arose whilst they were planning their kicks so they took them.

Which of Australia's tries came directly or indirectly from a kick behind Briscoe?

Kicking behind a winger is hardly an original tactic.

Australia's game plan was to kick well and move the ball wide quickly as they knew we would be unable to cope.

Suggesting that they had a plan based around Briscoe, or that Briscoe's performance had any material effect on the result is simply your typical blinkered bile and nothing more.

Still - well done on making yourself an even bigger laughing-stock and general figure of fun that you already were. Not a simple task by any means, but you accomplished it with some ease.

Planning their kicks?

Absolutely. He was the top metre-maker for the team that finished 4th on the SL ladder.


Agree about strength - he's exceptionally strong. But he hasn't got any real pace and certainly not what you'd call mobile.

Your sheer hatred for Hull FC really does show you up at times.