Re: England v all stars. : Sat Jun 26, 2021 8:28 am  

PopTart wrote:

I didn't see anything from Tanginoa at SR that he couldnt do as a prop.
Even at his rampaging best Pitts brings more as an all round second row.
I'd keep him a prop for now.

Agreed.

As far as I can tell with some posters who have this obsession is that they are seeing what they want to see.

I thing Tanginoa plays the same roll every game but when he has a good game they choose to call him a SR and when he has an average game they claim he’s playing at prop.

With no scrums and very few specialist forwards these days most players play in multiple positions, not just in a season but during a game.

When Kelepi has a barnstormer it’s usually because the opposition s defence is poor as with most players.

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Re: England v all stars. : Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:04 pm  

I think Westerman was probably playing to plan. For us he does more ball handling but didn't really do that for England.
He took the ball in well but others can do that too.
If they want to use him they are better using all of him.

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Re: England v all stars. : Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:04 pm  

Lyne did his claims for the shirt no harm at all.

Re: England v all stars. : Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:09 pm  

Decision being made next week on whether it's going ahead this year or not... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/57618975

Decision being made next week on whether it's going ahead this year or not... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/57618975

Re: England v all stars. : Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:40 pm  

Thought lyne was excellent against a decent centre in Ricky Leutele, looked very comfortable in defence and looked a threat in attack. Westerman was used as a battering ram, completely different to how he’s been used for us, England’s loss in my opinion. Kelepi did some decent hard carries, nothing spectacular but he didn’t really need to against them. Peter mata'utia is fast becoming one of my favourite players to watch, he’s such a great player, his utility value is excellent. Think Shaun wane has a job on getting us to compete in the WC, some very strong nations now.

Re: England v all stars. : Sat Jun 26, 2021 7:29 pm  

PopTart wrote:

Lyne did his claims for the shirt no harm at all.

I thought reece was one of best and created the davis tey very well.but did anyone feel like me but every time tomkins got the ball on that side he seemed reluctant to pass to reece missing him out on more than one occasion like i daid the one time he did give it when he was been tackled reece created a try

Re: England v all stars. : Sat Jun 26, 2021 8:02 pm  

Leeds called two games off due to covid but half their team was playing last night there should be an enquiry into it. Just abusing the covid situation cynically, funny they cancelled against the top two. But are all clear to play Salford

Re: England v all stars. : Sat Jun 26, 2021 9:38 pm  

Luppylad wrote:

I thought reece was one of best and created the davis tey very well.but did anyone feel like me but every time tomkins got the ball on that side he seemed reluctant to pass to reece missing him out on more than one occasion like i daid the one time he did give it when he was been tackled reece created a try

I noticed that too. Obviously Tomkins trying to assist fellow Catalans player Tom Davies. We had similar when Tom Johnstone made his debut for England. Percival never gave him a pass all game. Fortunately Jake Connor provided the balls for Toms three tries.

Re: England v all stars. : Sat Jun 26, 2021 9:41 pm  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

I noticed that too. Obviously Tomkins trying to assist fellow Catalans player Tom Davies. We had similar when Tom Johnstone made his debut for England. Percival never gave him a pass all game. Fortunately Jake Connor provided the balls for Toms three tries.

Lyne’s drive down the middle that put them in th back foot and quick play set the tone for Knowles try too.

Lyne > big yard gains and quick play > westerman good yard gain and quick play > knowles try with the all star line not able to get back and set.

Lyne did a lot of work in that match.

Re: England v all stars. : Sun Jun 27, 2021 7:34 am  

trin77 wrote:

Leeds called two games off due to covid but half their team was playing last night there should be an enquiry into it. Just abusing the covid situation cynically, funny they cancelled against the top two. But are all clear to play Salford

My thoughts exactly, it’s easy to manipulate this system even With so called testing protocols, although, I believe Leeds v Catalans has been rearranged.