Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Wed Dec 03, 2014 7:25 am  

Not sure who is in the England squad from Wigan tbh but thought they were pretty unlucky and assuming there are stronger players elsewhere a combined team should go pretty close. These three games the Aussies have had together will definitely give them an advantage.

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Wed Dec 03, 2014 7:55 am  

Gotcha wrote:

They were outstanding at times, certain players especially, but I bet a combined Leeds/Wigan would have beat them tonight. We just had really poor players in sme areas ad the Aussies exploited. But we had plenty of chances to make it much closer, and some por calls at times from the ref.

Golding and Lilley had excellent games for us. Sutcliffe looked good at times, so too did Minns after first half hour of game. Mulhern looked powerful, and Baldwinson kept running it it without making much damage. Tanks looked ok and for me better than Walters and Minchella. But Milton, Norfolk, and Handley looked really poor, along with a couple of others.

For them, Gela, Tracey, and Stone were absolutely outstanding.

Handley was the major reason we lost at London - he needs to work a lot harder on his game if he is to make a career in RL

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:44 am  

I thought we were much sharper when Robbie Ward was on the pitch and as others have said Mulhern looked the part, as did Lilly. And WTF do they feed their 'school boys' down under? They're fookin' massive.

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:05 am  

Fat Boy wrote:

I thought we were much sharper when Robbie Ward was on the pitch and as others have said Mulhern looked the part, as did Lilly. And WTF do they feed their 'school boys' down under? They're fookin' massive.

I thought Ward looked much stronger than his size, but felt when he went off the team as a whole went better, as Lilley did a lot more. And the replacement Frankland got through quite a bit of work.

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Wed Dec 03, 2014 10:06 am  

rollin thunder wrote:

Mincella won't make it at Leeds or any other super league club, looked well out of his depth tonight. So did a few others. But some held up well.

Stone for them was outstanding and not a big player either.

Minnsie put a massive hit on Stone which I enjoyed

[Ex-Swarcliffe Rhino]

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Wed Dec 03, 2014 7:16 pm  

We seemed a lot better after the biff.

When was the last time the academy played before last night?

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:02 pm  

Seven weeks ago was the last Academy game. For the lads at Bradford and London, might have been a week or so earlier?

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Wed Dec 03, 2014 9:07 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Seven weeks ago was the last Academy game. For the lads at Bradford and London, might have been a week or so earlier?

Not to mention it'll have been the first time in around a year since the likes of Baldwinson, Tonks, Minns and Sutcliffe will have played a match with the majority of that squad.

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Fri Dec 05, 2014 7:58 pm  

Rhinos have got 4 players in the 1st test v Australia http://therfl.co.uk/news/article/31437/ ... ng-academy

Rhinos have got 4 players in the 1st test v Australia http://therfl.co.uk/news/article/31437/ ... ng-academy

Re: Aussie Schools Tour : Fri Dec 05, 2014 10:28 pm  

[quote="Gotcha) But we had plenty of chances to make it much closer, and some por calls at times from the ref.[/quote]
Thought the ref was pish poor. Having let the Aussies get away with plenty of "flat" passes he pulls us up when we looked certain to score at 28-18. He penalises us and they go straight over in the next set of six to kill the game. How he never sent the lad off for the late, head high tackle when we scored our last try is unbelievable. Of course, the lad would have been ineligible for Saturday's game so the ref cheated. There was also a late shoulder charge in the same move that layed a Leeds player out, not penalised. My advice to England on Saturday would be to hit late with the shoulder and hurt to create doubt. Fight fire with fire. As long as there is no contact with head it's worth it if they are going to score anyway.