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| Not a great game but I feel more upbeat of Englands chances of an outside bet of making the final.
Realistically we all know we can’t consistently compete with the Aussies or the Kiwis however from what I saw today I’m not too worried about the others.
Our issues clearly lay mainly at 9. I thought McIllorum went well. Controlled the ruck really well and guided the team round the park superbly. It was no coincidence we lost all structure in attack when we took him off and McShane came on. He had a stinker.
I’d love Roby to give it one last go before hanging up the boots for good. Way I see it he has nothing to lose and he is still easily the best 9 in SL.
Welsby is a freak of a player and will surely be NRL bound sooner rather than later.
Bateman was fantastic at 13 playing the role he struggled to when he first moved back to loose for Wigan providing a genuine link between the backs and forwards whilst also doing the tough stuff.
Watkins had a decent second half but was poor first however we have Farnworth who walks into that team and is genuinely top class add Newman Gildart Wardle and Percival other centre options. We have Dom Young to come in as an outside back providing competition for Hall, who I felt went well.
The halves went well, Welsby already covered but Williams looked much more at home under his old coach with Lomax and a wild card or Hastings to join up with the squad.
Burgess, Whitehead, Sutton, and Thompson all bring NRL intensity toughness and intensity to the pack.
Tomkins like Wane is marmite. Tomkins though is a quality creative outlet and a safe pair of hands at the back.
Wane knows how to win big games and is a quality man manager whose style suits international rugby. It’s not always pretty to watch though.
I don’t expect us to win it but I can see us making the final if the Kiwis have an off day.
I certainly expect us to beat Tonga.
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| Well me the the missus n grandkids went over and watched the game for the princely some of £30 , and had a great time and watched some decent rugby along way , roll on Englands next game I say . The team that turned out for this game will look nothing like the team that plays in the World Cup , this was nothing more than a training , get together game and for that purpose I think it went well . People moan when we lose and at the same time moan when we win , I really do despair at times with the apathy of RL supporters when more people moan about our effort than applaud them . If anyone is still in the dark as to why international or our domestic game for that matter RL can’t make it into the main stream sporting events , you don’t have to look much further than the fans. Kevin Sinfield posted on a RL site got more likes on social media for helping whatever their called win a cup in Union than than our England team in League. And there you have it in a nut shell , Apathy. it was a day out making memories and watching two decent sides , and it didn’t cost much more than a Packet of fags a few pints n a Chinese.
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| Quote: Kettykat "Well me the the missus n grandkids went over and watched the game for the princely some of £30 , and had a great time and watched some decent rugby along way , roll on Englands next game I say . The team that turned out for this game will look nothing like the team that plays in the World Cup , this was nothing more than a training , get together game and for that purpose I think it went well . People moan when we lose and at the same time moan when we win , I really do despair at times with the apathy of RL supporters when more people moan about our effort than applaud them . If anyone is still in the dark as to why international or our domestic game for that matter RL can’t make it into the main stream sporting events , you don’t have to look much further than the fans. Kevin Sinfield posted on a RL site got more likes on social media for helping whatever their called win a cup in Union than than our England team in League. And there you have it in a nut shell , Apathy. it was a day out making memories and watching two decent sides , and it didn’t cost much more than a Packet of fags a few pints n a Chinese.'"
Great post and couldn’t agree more.
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| I like the concept of the All Stars and I think the players do too. I also regret the demise of the Roses games. So why not a 3 game series involving All Stars, Yorkshire and Lancashire? As somebody else has said it would have to be a full on trial for the England team. English non Yorks/Lancs players could play for the All Stars and still be in contention for the national side.
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| Quote: Kettykat "Well me the the missus n grandkids went over and watched the game for the princely some of £30 , and had a great time and watched some decent rugby along way , roll on Englands next game I say . The team that turned out for this game will look nothing like the team that plays in the World Cup , this was nothing more than a training , get together game and for that purpose I think it went well . People moan when we lose and at the same time moan when we win , I really do despair at times with the apathy of RL supporters when more people moan about our effort than applaud them . If anyone is still in the dark as to why international or our domestic game for that matter RL can’t make it into the main stream sporting events , you don’t have to look much further than the fans. Kevin Sinfield posted on a RL site got more likes on social media for helping whatever their called win a cup in Union than than our England team in League. And there you have it in a nut shell , Apathy. it was a day out making memories and watching two decent sides , and it didn’t cost much more than a Packet of fags a few pints n a Chinese.'"
I totally get what you say. I am one of those fans however that has little interest in this type of thing. You alluded to the reasons firstly the England team will look nothing like the team they put out at the weekend. You talk about fan apathy yet some clubs have shown the same by not releasing players. RL needs to sort it's act out get some sort of real structure in place for these types of games. The last few weeks has seen patchy RL being played and by that I mean the last few weeks have seen a few empty weekends with the cup and other breaks. To be honest this is negative for the game. Now back to this weekend game I actually thought thought it was a poor game played by 2 teams thrown together. Not for me this stuff unless it becomes a serious game and not a run out.
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| Quote: REDWHITEANDBLUE "I totally get what you say. I am one of those fans however that has little interest in this type of thing. You alluded to the reasons firstly the England team will look nothing like the team they put out at the weekend. You talk about fan apathy yet some clubs have shown the same by not releasing players. RL needs to sort it's act out get some sort of real structure in place for these types of games. The last few weeks has seen patchy RL being played and by that I mean the last few weeks have seen a few empty weekends with the cup and other breaks. To be honest this is negative for the game. Now back to this weekend game I actually thought thought it was a poor game played by 2 teams thrown together. Not for me this stuff unless it becomes a serious game and not a run out.'"
All well and good if you don’t want to watch it ,that’s yours and many others choice , but for so called fans to pull it to pieces all over social media, just like most rugby league events must be withering to say the least for the powers that be . I bet those union bosses fell of their ivory thrones laughing at all the negative posts, as we really do know how to shoot ourselves in the foot time and time again . An old saying my dad taught me was ( if you’ve nowt good to say then don’t say owt ) very true words especially as we are coming into our World Cup ,and fans from other sporting groups will be looking on ,but according to the majority of comments on RL sites we might as well not turn up as we’ll be the rubbing rags of the tournament even before a ball is kicked , now that’s what you call fickle fans. This game will never expand whilst we have this mindset amongst supporters. FWIW I enjoyed the game and more importantly my grandkids enjoyed the game ,and they are the future
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