Re: England Secure Test Series Win Over Tonga : Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:03 pm  

Boring boring Shaun Wanes England.

Re: England Secure Test Series Win Over Tonga : Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:05 pm  

Probably player of the series for me Smith.

He’s been outstanding.

Re: England Secure Test Series Win Over Tonga : Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:13 pm  

Much better from Bateman today

Re: England Secure Test Series Win Over Tonga : Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:17 pm  

NSW wrote:

Much better from Bateman today

Thought he was much improved last week and he’s kicked on again today. Good to see.

Re: England Secure Test Series Win Over Tonga : Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:21 pm  

The passion and desire to defend their line at the end summed it all up. Great to see.

Re: England Secure Test Series Win Over Tonga : Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:31 pm  

Really great performance, and you get the feeling that this England team has another couple of gears they can go through. Add Young, Farnworth, Radley and Walmsley into that 17, and we may well to give the Australians a run for their money.

Re: England Secure Test Series Win Over Tonga : Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:42 pm  

Jack Burton wrote:

Really great performance, and you get the feeling that this England team has another couple of gears they can go through. Add Young, Farnworth, Radley and Walmsley into that 17, and we may well to give the Australians a run for their money.

Thought it was a pretty uninspiring series all round but England have done OK. For once we look stronger in the backs than the forwards - there are some hard workers but compare it to the 2017 WC with Graham, S Burgess, O'Loughlin, Roby etc and it's clearly declined in quality. Whitehead has also gone now.

I think international rugby league would benefit from England getting involved in a four or five nations in the Southern hemisphere.

Re: England Secure Test Series Win Over Tonga : Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:48 pm  

Harry Smith confirmed as man of the series. Chuffed for him on one hand, worried on the other. If I’m an NRL club watching that and I want a game manager to play alongside an explosive 1 and 6, I’m all over him.

Re: England Secure Test Series Win Over Tonga : Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:49 pm  

Utterly dominant performance across the board and on both sides of the ball. Smith absolutely outstanding in all 3 tests. If there's a better in-game kicker of the ball in world rugby I've yet to see them. That kick for the Newman try was another level. Not only that it came from unstructured play but to spot the opportunity and execute to that standard was truly exceptional.

Re: England Secure Test Series Win Over Tonga : Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:52 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Harry Smith confirmed as man of the series. Chuffed for him on one hand, worried on the other. If I’m an NRL club watching that and I want a game manager to play alongside an explosive 1 and 6, I’m all over him.

Beginning to dread the WCC going ahead, if the NRL get a close look at Smith/Nsemba/Havard we could end up looking at a major rebuild