Re: England v Kiwis 3rd test : Sun Nov 11, 2018 4:19 pm  

Brick with eyes wrote:

Has Hargreaves made any tackles below the neck in the whole series ?

No, but still gets away with it.

Also thought the Makinson try was good, Proctor was looking for the penalty, which I don't think it was anyway because they'd been caught short on that side imo.

Apart from that though we've had enough chances in their 20 to score a few times but just haven't been clinical enough.

Re: England v Kiwis 3rd test : Sun Nov 11, 2018 4:24 pm  

Shifty Cat wrote:

No, but still gets away with it.

Also thought the Makinson try was good, Proctor was looking for the penalty, which I don't think it was anyway because they'd been caught short on that side imo.

Apart from that though we've had enough chances in their 20 to score a few times but just haven't been clinical enough.

I agree, there was loads of depth. Proctor would have got nowhere near Bateman (was it?) Regardless.

Re: England v Kiwis 3rd test : Sun Nov 11, 2018 4:27 pm  

Teams evenly matched but NZ have learned and slowed down the PTB, not played up middle in the forwards. England have gone away from what won them the first two - although with the loss of George Burgess they were never going to have the same forward dominance.

Re: England v Kiwis 3rd test : Sun Nov 11, 2018 4:27 pm  

Agree with lack of using the big men but that probably because we have a lighter bench with only one recognised prop in there. The three of Graham, Hill, and Tom Burgess are going to have to share longer minutes because of George’s absence?

Re: England v Kiwis 3rd test : Sun Nov 11, 2018 4:29 pm  

I thought they were always going to find this match more difficult with the personnel they lost from last game, not counting the ones that were already injured.

Re: England v Kiwis 3rd test : Sun Nov 11, 2018 4:32 pm  

If these Test series were decided by aggregate score over the three matches it would make them more interesting.

Re: England v Kiwis 3rd test : Sun Nov 11, 2018 4:33 pm  

We've looked very soft in the middle since the props have been rotated

Re: England v Kiwis 3rd test : Sun Nov 11, 2018 4:38 pm  

Macgillvray again

Re: England v Kiwis 3rd test : Sun Nov 11, 2018 4:41 pm  

Right side stretched again. Deja vu.

Re: England v Kiwis 3rd test : Sun Nov 11, 2018 4:45 pm  

Soon as Thompson then burgess came back on we looked far more threatening.