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All Stars : Sat Jun 18, 2022 6:02 pm  

Our lads are showing up well.

Fifita absolutely looks comfortable at representative level. In both attack and defense.
Miller is playing his normal game and looks pretty good.
Kelepi has made a couple of good runs and looks good with the ball but has made a couple of errors in defense to let tries in.

Re: All Stars : Sat Jun 18, 2022 6:16 pm  

Penalty ridden game effecting the flow for me, with England seeming to get the rub of the green. All 3 of our boys have done well with Fifita being one of the best forwards on the field. Tanginoa with a couple of poor defensive efforts. Nice to see Tomkins push Miller into the Hoardings the absolute grub, sad to say but find it difficult to be positive about a team lead by him.

Re: All Stars : Sat Jun 18, 2022 6:26 pm  

Is it me or is this game just about making sure england winning ref as been shocking in englands favour or maybe its just me but also the allstars couldnt pick there strongest side.england in my view wont get near Australia or new zealand and maybe tonga i wc on this

Re: All Stars : Sat Jun 18, 2022 6:28 pm  

Well im sorry but I'm cheering on the All Stars , why so many Warrington players playing ?

Re: All Stars : Sat Jun 18, 2022 6:40 pm  

Luppylad wrote:

Is it me or is this game just about making sure england winning ref as been shocking in englands favour or maybe its just me but also the allstars couldnt pick there strongest side.england in my view wont get near Australia or new zealand and maybe tonga i wc on this

Genuinely ruined the game for me, the inconsistency of the man in the middle was atrocious. England will be in for a world of trouble at the WC, yes we have players from the NRL to come in but they are hardly Sam Burgess Gaz Ellis and James Graham. England will bow out in the QF if they are lucky. State of origin is the gate way to the Aussie test team, any players not making it simply filter into the tier 2 nations such as Tonga, Fiji, Samoa etc. That’s not including your NRL players Haumole Olakau'atu who has actually turned down to play for New South Wales to play for Tonga.

Re: All Stars : Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:08 pm  

How the hell Jack Smith got that gig i’ll never know, he is constantly awful and lived up to his billing once again. Our 3 went ok, nothing more nothing less.

Re: All Stars : Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:11 pm  

Sacred Cow wrote:

How the hell Jack Smith got that gig i’ll never know, he is constantly awful and lived up to his billing once again. Our 3 went ok, nothing more nothing less.

At least they seemed to have got through it unscathed

Re: All Stars : Sat Jun 18, 2022 8:44 pm  

Without wishing to put too-negative a spin on it, If I counted right, Kelepi gave away 3 penalties and one "6-again" set and also missed a tackle which led to an England try

Re: All Stars : Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:04 pm  

I thought fifita was really poor. Did he make any post contact meters?

I thought Miller looked good though and I would love to see him play behind a dominant pack

Re: All Stars : Sat Jun 18, 2022 9:15 pm  

TheWarringtonWolve69 wrote:

I thought fifita was really poor. Did he make any post contact meters?

I thought Miller looked good though and I would love to see him play behind a dominant pack

Difficult game for Fifita, he’s used to playing a big part in a poorer side so there’s no wonder he looked to make less of an impact in a game where the standard is deemed to be much higher. I personally don’t think he had a bad game, just quiet.