New Zealand v Great Britain 2nd Test : Tue Nov 05, 2019 11:37 am  

Luke Thompson to return.

Jack Hughes to centre and Zak Hardaker to wing.

Re: New Zealand v Great Britain 2nd Test : Tue Nov 05, 2019 12:22 pm  

Shaun Johnson and Brandon Smith are also back for NZ, so they will actually have two proper halfbacks and a hooker to rotate this week!

Part of me almost wishes GB gets hammered so that it helps get rid of Bennett quicker.

Re: New Zealand v Great Britain 2nd Test : Tue Nov 05, 2019 1:11 pm  

Who would have thought that taking only two wingers in the squad might be an issue?

Re: New Zealand v Great Britain 2nd Test : Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:52 pm  

It was clear when the squad was named it was chronically unbalanced. So it has proved to be.

Not hindsight, blindingly obvious from the outset.

Re: New Zealand v Great Britain 2nd Test : Thu Nov 07, 2019 10:02 pm  

Blake Austin to play on the wing as Hardaker is now injured. What a joke

Re: New Zealand v Great Britain 2nd Test : Thu Nov 07, 2019 11:22 pm  

Wilde 3 wrote:

Blake Austin to play on the wing as Hardaker is now injured. What a joke

Re: New Zealand v Great Britain 2nd Test : Thu Nov 07, 2019 11:49 pm  

Just can't see how we are going to win this one. Hope there is something to build on after the next couple of weeks as I have never been less excited about an International series than the 2020 Ashes, the standard of players available to our International team just gets worse year on year.

Re: New Zealand v Great Britain 2nd Test : Thu Nov 07, 2019 11:59 pm  

Hopie wrote:

Just can't see how we are going to win this one. Hope there is something to build on after the next couple of weeks as I have never been less excited about an International series than the 2020 Ashes, the standard of players available to our International team just gets worse year on year.

Less excited about the Ashes tour? I couldn’t be more excited, decent venues announced in good time, first time in over a decade the Aussies have toured over here properly. Final game in one of, if not the best stadiums in the world.

I can’t wait. Rugby League fans are a miserable bunch sometimes.

Re: New Zealand v Great Britain 2nd Test : Fri Nov 08, 2019 12:39 am  

Wilde 3 wrote:

Blake Austin to play on the wing as Hardaker is now injured. What a joke

Only other replacement back options for Bennett were Williams and Coote. Perhaps he has some cunning plan to win.
I said on here we would do well to win one against NZ with the squad selected.

Re: New Zealand v Great Britain 2nd Test : Fri Nov 08, 2019 12:51 am  

Wilde 3 wrote:

Blake Austin to play on the wing as Hardaker is now injured. What a joke

Embarrassing