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4 Nov: RLWC2017 (Group A): England v Lebanon - Match Thread

John Drake

Who will win?  

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  1. 1. Who will win?

    • England by 13 points or more
      61
    • England by 7 to 12 points
      5
    • England by 1 to 6 points
      1
    • Draw
      0
    • Lebanon by 1 to 6 points
      1
    • Lebanon by 7 to 12 points
      0
    • Lebanon by 13 points or more
      2

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Allora

Allora

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England should win this easily.

Michael Lichaa, Moses and Farah should give Lebanon good distribution.

They will have to shut down Moses though, he is one of the better players on the field and one of the fastest if he should pin back his ears and run the ball.

Talent is secondary to whether players are confident.

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Exiled Wiganer

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This reminds me of the Fiji game in 2013 and I expect it to follow the same script. England to win comfortably but not with Aussie efficiency. Absolutely vital that we work on structure, pacing and discipline. The next 3 games need to be used to hardwire the right game plan. Come on England! Walmsley to scatter them like 10 pins as the man of the match. 

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bazzzz65

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2 hours ago, MZH said:

And what do most people think do you reckon?

England 44 v 10 Lebanon is my prediction.

I d think England by thirty points or so.

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RL is the future

RL is the future

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Happy with Currie starting, he's a genuine real talent and looked good coming on against Australia considering his game time this season although for me would of preferred him at centre with Bateman in the second row, it seems like the most obvious choice but Bennett is a bit more qualified than me to make the judgement. Same goes for Williams, his size and ball playing ability could of been dropped into the pack from the interchange against Australia and against Lebanon. 

 

All in all I'm happy with the squad, hopefully get a few points on the board early and settle some nerves. Come on England 

 

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saintspete83

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Just now, absentee thoughtlord said:

I think we all might be pleasantly surprised by the latter figure. There are, after all, well over 100,000 people of Lebanese descent living in Sydney.

I really hope so. The win would have helped. Plenty of uk fans + expats. Ideally we need it to look good as its on BBC. Genuinely hope you are right and I am way off.

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absentee thoughtlord

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9 minutes ago, saintspete83 said:

I really hope so. The win would have helped. Plenty of uk fans + expats. Ideally we need it to look good as its on BBC. Genuinely hope you are right and I am way off.

I'm guessing here, but I'd be cautiously optimistic for a crowd in the 30,000 region. But I could be oh-so wrong!

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Allora

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7 hours ago, absentee thoughtlord said:

I think we all might be pleasantly surprised by the latter figure. There are, after all, well over 100,000 people of Lebanese descent living in Sydney.

According to one source 79,000 Lebanese born and 230,000 Lebanese ancestry living in Sydney.

There are certain parts  of Sydney where there are vast areas of Lebanese descendants

Talent is secondary to whether players are confident.

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Allora

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2 minutes ago, DavidM said:

Don’t understand why we’re not playing the specialist centre now. Just don’t know what message that sends 

You don't trust them defensively is the message.

I am waiting for O'Loughlin to be moved into Halfback or standoff role  :ph34r:

 

Talent is secondary to whether players are confident.

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Hvy wg

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I do not expect it to be difficult for England.

The lebanese backs aren't great and the forward pack isn't bigger. They won't let Lichaa and Moses run like France did.

Lebanon will try to kill the ruck, slow the game down but England is going to steamroll them.

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Dunbar

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Looks like Bennett is going to keep the spine of Lomax, Widdop, Gale and Hodgson/Roby.  I think this is important.  By the time we get to the semi-finals this team needs to have the cohesion of a club side and you don't get that if you chop and change the key positions every week.

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DavidM

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I’d be pressurising farah as much as possible . Never a seven and didn’t do anything out of the ordinary there the other day . Puts an awful lot on Moses shoulders , and if we get on top of their pack as we should his and lichaa will find it a very different game 

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