Your right all the other threequaters in the squad obviously aren't worthy of chance of representing their country, no matter how hard they train or how badly Evan's plays. I know you'll find dropping players who are playing poorly hard, after all you are a Saint's fan and have had to put up with Meli in your team for ever so long.

Wow, that's poor. Selective quoting too, good work.

Thnx I new you'd like it.

I'm at work at present, so I'm juggling a few things.

I'll tell you what ,I'll put work aside for five minutes and write you a proper response.

Well that comes down to opinions, and mine ain't the same as your's in regards to Tomkins. He did as well as he could considering what he was working with.



If the next in line is good enough they should get there chance. Now if that's not the case then that's a sad indictment for U18's British Rugby League that were still struggling for outside backs (which I suspect is the truth). If a player plays poorly and there's a replacement waiting in the wings who's good enough they should play. It's through competition for places where players are forced to improve, if a players assured of there position in a team week in week out then they'll never strive to improve.

Whilst Wigan were under Noble their were regulars who were guaranteed a spot in the 17 no matter how poorly they'd performed in the past. Now when compared with Maguire who selects on form as opposed to the name on the back of a shirt, there's only one winner. One method won us a SL trophy the other didn't.

It's a false argument though. Evans earned his shirt through his performances over a period of time. He had one poor game, but has still earned his shirt and has still proven himself to be worthy of selection in that position. One game doesn't change that. Players don't get dropped for one poor game after prolonged periods of being the stand-out player; not by Maguire or by any coach worth a bean.

The England coach IS selecting on form - the form that made Evans one of the hottest prospects in RL. One relatively poor performance by his standards does not change that. It's nonsensical knee-jerking of the type we do so well in British RL.



It's not comparable. "no matter how poorly they'd performed in the past" doesn't apply to Evans.

Do you think Maguire would drop Sam after one poor game, or do you think he'd realise he's a talented player and had an off day?

surely players are judged on their present performance not on previous Ive watched both these players when they were amateurs playing for their local clubs , burtonwood the twins also seen Reece at hull when he played in the national cup . it was men against boys maybe they have leveled out

Evans has one bad game and should be dropped? He could be the most talented young outside back in the country. Behave. Most people will have heard what a talent he is. Dropping a player is not done from one game but a series of bad form.

Half Time : England 22 Aus 4

Where are you getting the scores from

I'm gonna have a wild guess and say the LSV scoreboard...


How are our lads doing?

I'm at the match.
England cruising at 26-4 on 50 minutes but a few decisions against us and we're hanging on a bit now 26-16. 60 mins gone.

Edit - Rhys Evans just gone in for a cracking solo try. 32-16

geoff - Sam Powells had a good game, scored the first try.

Thanks MattyB,

Keep em coming please

Anyone got any humble pie I can choke on.

32-22 Trent Jennings Try (70 mins)