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| I still can't see England beating the Kiwis, especially with both the Kiwi halves, plus Sonny Bill Williams, and Roger Tuivasa-Sheck in such devastating form.
I expect a resentful and bitter Sam Burgess to get involved in some really dirty play and fisticuffs as Sonny Bill makes a fool of him.
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| Good win for England. Thought they bossed the field position and possession in the first 25 minutes and on another day they would have been a couple of scores up but credit to Fiji, they defended their line well and came back to go in front
The English forwards were always going to grind down Fiji though as they were making more metres and completing more sets, just a matter of time before the dam broke and England got on a roll
I though the front row were excellent and should be the prop rotation for the rest of the tournament. Westwood and Ferres worked hard again while O’Loughlin will continue to improve. Roby will be back at 9 for the quarter final and we may have seen the end of Widdop on the bench and Sinfield going to hooker, we will probably see Roby and one of Burrow or McIlorum on the bench
The halves continue to improve and Chase is clearly building confidence
All in all a good workout and a good win
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| Quote: Biff Tannen "Tight first half expected but England should pull away in last 20.
England by 24.'"
very poor prediction, it was 22 points. You should be ashamed of yourself
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| Im happy with that.fiji were always going to be a handful first half.hill was impressive when he came on.for me,I would start with him and graham with sam burgess into the back row.
Roby should get the 9 shirt back and Burrow again proved what most Leeds fans have known for ages,his best role is impact off the bench.on the whole things building nicely to one hell of a game at wembley in a fortnight.
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| Quote: Dunbar "Good win for England. Thought they bossed the field position and possession in the first 25 minutes and on another day they would have been a couple of scores up but credit to Fiji, they defended their line well and came back to go in front
The English forwards were always going to grind down Fiji though as they were making more metres and completing more sets, just a matter of time before the dam broke and England got on a roll
I though the front row were excellent and should be the prop rotation for the rest of the tournament. Westwood and Ferres worked hard again while O’Loughlin will continue to improve. Roby will be back at 9 for the quarter final and we may have seen the end of Widdop on the bench and Sinfield going to hooker, we will probably see Roby and one of Burrow or McIlorum on the bench
The halves continue to improve and Chase is clearly building confidence
All in all a good workout and a good win'"
Watch Rangi Chase go misssing against New Zealand. (The Kiwis will sledge him about not being good enough for New Zealand, and that so that is why Rangi picked the third best team to play for).
You read it first here!
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| Quote: Dunbar "very poor prediction, it was 22 points. You should be ashamed of yourself'"
I didnt account for Sinfield's shocking touchline missed kick!
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| Today reminded me of a typical England (Fiji today) v Australia (England today) match when England have a good day. I think it showed you need creative runners as well as big guys.
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| Quote: Dunbar "very poor prediction, it was 22 points. You should be ashamed of yourself'"
And Fiji won the last 20 6-0
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| Quote: JEAN CAPDOUZE "Watch Rangi Chase go misssing against New Zealand. (The Kiwis will sledge him about not being good enough for New Zealand, and that so that is why Rangi picked the third best team to play for).
You read it first here!'"
It's to be hoped italy don't qualify and play australia, in that case, as that opens the entire italian team up to that type of sledging.
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| Quote: JEAN CAPDOUZE "Watch Rangi Chase go misssing against New Zealand. (The Kiwis will sledge him about not being good enough for New Zealand, and that so that is why Rangi picked the third best team to play for).
You read it first here!'"
That could work against NZ. The last time NZ tried doing that they lost.
If I'm McNamara I'm telling Chase to flip the script and wind the Kiwis up. They don't have the composure that England do - look how average they became when Samoa and PNG wound them up - and we should exploit that.
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| Did what needed to be done, so I'm happy enough.
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| Quote: JEAN CAPDOUZE "Watch Rangi Chase go misssing against New Zealand. (The Kiwis will sledge him about not being good enough for New Zealand, and that so that is why Rangi picked the third best team to play for).
You read it first here!'"
If I could muster up the motivation, I would quote some of the crazy and deeply inaccurate predictions you have made during this world cup. In the meantime, I'll probably just rest easy that as an avid England fan you are tipping the kiwis if they meet in the semi's. This is very encouraging
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| Says something about Cudjoes performance when Chase elected to start missing him out of the passes. Gone from the best performer last week to worst this week.
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| Quote: The Chronicler of Chiswic "Did what needed to be done, so I'm happy enough.'"
Agree, also pleased that they managed to up their game after a sluggish start.
my only concern is that if we get an easy game against France, it will mean we've had 3 easy games in a row before we face the Kiwi's and could be a bit rusty as a result. Could have done with a tougher workout today to keep us on our toes.
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| Now we have seen everyone play
Roby back in
Burrow, graham, g burgess on the bench
Not sure how should be the 4th man on the bench
The rest picks itself.
Watkins is not doing enough and it's such a shame hardaker isn't available now because the only other option is ablett who could be a better option to he honest.
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