Eastmond straight in at centre for me. Dont get the hype around this Shenton.

Too lightweight for me and i'd worry about him in defence against the Aussies. That may sound strange considering i'd put Eastmond in at centre but unlike Shenton he'll keep his opposite number at least as busy in defence as he'll be himslef.

I think Ryan Atkins is the better long term bet at this level due to his sheer size. He has alot of work to do on other parts of his game but he at least has a natural base.

Exactly. He's paper weight in defence and offers no threat at all in attack. Atleast with Eastmond he is unpredictable and has a creative spark even if he isnt a natural centre.

It's be a huge risk to put all 3 of Eastmond, Tomkins and Myler in the starting line up next week but we've got nothing to lose and the chances are we'd catch the Aussies by suprise with them.

They won't know diddly squat about any of them and if they don't respect them with ball in hand they'll get burned because all 3 have the skill and pace to trouble the worlds best defence.

He got a bad knock early on did not look great when he was going off.

mcguire would be the perfect fullback if he had the bottle to take the high ball under pressure and commit to one on one tackle. his tries are mainly in a supporting role. for me tomkins and myler should have played and smith bottled making a tough call.

If a player isn't held in a tackle, he is deemed to have broken the tackle and therefore he can get up and play on. In Myler's case he didn't to get up and play on, all had to do was push the ball forward for a try.

I agree by the look on his face he wasn't sure if he had score or not, but he is a young player and properly does not know all the rules of the game.

The tackle can be complete 'Tackled: Grounded' though if he is held by a player (this means physical not a held call) and the ball or the hand or arm carrying the ball touches the ground, which it quite clearly does as he hits the deck with Greenshields on him (Greenshields has his hands going round Mylers shoulders so he clearly fulfils the held criteria).

He is carrying the ball in his right hand as he starts to get held, then as he's heading towards the ground he brings his left hand round so both his hands are holding the ball so he doesn't loose it in the impact, he then impacts the ground his ball carrying arm is in contact with the ground and Greenshields is on is on his back - tackle complete under clause Grounded

It's after this Greenshields rolls with him and loses contact with him.

Tackles only count as broken in a grounded situation if the tackling player loses contact with the player with the ball before he is grounded, there's no length of time holding him element to the rules in that situation, he's grounded right away because Greenshields is on his back.

You can count the tackle not complete if you feel that the player was 'sliding', at which point the tackle is only complete once the slide ends. It then comes down to whether that particular ref feels a slide needs suitable forward momentum to class as a slide, a majority sideways roll may or may not be classed as a slide

This is why I said sometimes they are given sometimes not it depends on the ref's view of the contact of opposing player and the man with the ball as the ball or his hand or arm carrying it comes into contact with the ground.

Like i said, there's definitely a case to be made for it not being a try, hence my comment that we should at the time have considered ourselves lucky to go ahead.

I praised Myler in having the Rugby wits to keep on moving and then edge the ball over the line in case the referee didn't feel the tackle was complete - smart lad and a lot would have frozen unsure what to do.

Still it's an interesting debate.

Having been the game, Myler and McGuire were awful first half, but the two Myler tries will keep him in the side despite another poor game.

Our problem however is in the pack. The Aussies will kill us.

I agree, but according to the "Sky Experts" last night we have the "Best Front Row" in the World and the "Best 2nd row in the World!"!

To be honest, he'd have been in the team for the Aussie game however badly he'd played.

Tony Smith's comments about Sam's 3 tries and 3 assists 'not meaning he'd had a good season' clearly indicates that he's in a different galaxy from the rest of us.

It would be interesting to see the Wires fans reaction if Smith dropped Myler after him scoring two tries.

Tomkins and Eastmond partnership for next week for me.

Exactly. Myler is in, what Smith has to do is pick the best 16 he can around him and Sam must start at 6, Eastmond in at centre with Ellis in the other centre.

Regardless, the Aussies are going to destroy us.