Sun 22 Oct: International: England v Tonga (at Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens) KO 2.30pm

[bratman]

Brilliant from Welsby

[DavidM]

Ponga or Cleary couldn’t have done that better . World class

[JM2010]

Hill, Burgess, Lewis and Johnstone my picks for England so far 

[PEANUT HEAD]

Good try off a bad ref decision. 

[Bedford Roughyed]

Looked clueless for a few tackles, then that.

Must of been the plan all along. 

[Old Frightful]

Just now, Rovers13 said:

Welsby isn’t a full back for me he’s too creative for me. 

Yep...he should be playing 6.....

[dkw]

2 minutes ago, Dave T said:

Tongan player in the way at the PTB almost every tackle. Tactical or tiring. 

What a ball and try!!!! 

That scrap on our line was all about slowing our restart down, so they might be tiring.

Edited October 22, 2023 by dkw

[Futtocks]

The reverse angle shot showing every one of Johnstone's steps skidding under him in the loose surface shows the problem with the pitch, though.

[Johnny Ringo]

Great pass but all from what was never a drop out. 

[Rovers13]

That was school boy stuff 

[EagleEyePie]

Jonathan Davies complaining about England's lack of organisation during a set when the last 3 or 4 tackles were organised to move the defence into the right position to put on that try scoring play.

Great score from England and a lovely pass from Welsby.

[Hull Kingston Bronco]

2 minutes ago, Old Frightful said:

Yep...he should be playing 6.....

Full backs are the old 6, commonly second receiver when the ball’s moving wide. 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

2 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

The reverse angle shot showing every one of Johnstone's steps skidding under him in the loose surface shows the problem with the pitch, though.

Funnily enough Mrs. Goose said she was looking at the pitch being torn up as well. I don't think she's said one thing about the game yet, just about the work the groundsman has got on his hands. 

[DavidM]

Clark needs to keep doing that . Beat size with speed and agility 

[Old Frightful]

Just now, Hull Kingston Bronco said:

Full backs are the old 6, commonly second receiver when the ball’s moving wide. 

Did I "Woosh" you then?

[dkw]

Tonga are really trying to slow this down now.

[Rovers13]

Mkmeekin as been brilliant for me only forward that as though. 

[DavidM]

Geez at times we look good and other times we look awful 

[Futtocks]

1 minute ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Funnily enough Mrs. Goose said she was looking at the pitch being torn up as well. I don't think she's said one thing about the game yet, just about the work the groundsman has got on his hands. 

It's not as bad as the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff back when RL was played there, which was truly awful.

But it still makes me worry because of the danger of injury.

[DavidM]

1 minute ago, dkw said:

Tonga are really trying to slow this down now.

They really are

[Rovers13]

Just now, DavidM said:

Geez at times we look good and other times we look awful 

Need to keep throwing it about move their big middles about 

[Mark S]

Burgess getting hammered there, it looked strange seeing his big frame in mid air.

[bratman]

1 minute ago, DavidM said:

Geez at times we look good and other times we look awful 

Maybe a bit of rustiness?

[GeordieSaint]

1 minute ago, dkw said:

Tonga are really trying to slow this down now.

Every single tackle.

Our attack is proper clunky at times. 

[Dave T]

Wane did say before the game, match them for 60 to 70 mins and then he feels we'd get over them. Let's see.