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

[Rovers13]

I think hull fc should give mikey Lewis an open top carriage around the kc stadium

[crashmon]

Great game , was 13K good, average or poor.  I think it was ok but not out of this world

 

[Bedford Roughyed]

Give the boy a hug Tanya.  

[Johnny Ringo]

Good game, Williams shouldn't get back it this squad if Lewis follows this up next week . 

[GeordieSaint]

4 minutes ago, bobbruce said:

England need to learn to play right to the end this happens far too often. 

Really good game. But boy it’s torturous watching us at times. Nerve wracking every single game… probably knocked 5yrs off my life! 

[meast]

Brilliant game, England did just enough to win it but could have easily lost of Tonga had more composure.

Really looking forward to next week, breakfast in town, a few slurps in the head of steam/sportsman pre and post match!

 

[bromleybulldog]

Brilliant interview with Mikey Lewis

[Futtocks]

Emotional stuff from Lewis post-match. You could tell how much it meant to him.

[Dave T]

Just now, crashmon said:

Great game , was 13K good, average or poor.  I think it was ok but not out of this world

 

OK is probably fair. Would be nice to be more, but hopefully that Test match will boost the attendance next week. 

[EagleEyePie]

Brilliant interview from Mikey Lewis. Shows how much it means to be selected for England to be that emotional. That's the sort of commitment you want.

No doubt we'll see Tyson Frizell in tears telling us how much it means to represent Wales Australia Tonga.

[Tre Cool]

You're crying

[Tre Cool]

2 minutes ago, crashmon said:

Great game , was 13K good, average or poor.  I think it was ok but not out of this world

 

I think it's good, Tonga are not the draw of NZ or Aus yet no matter how much we want them to be.

[wilsontown]

Well that sets up the rest of the series, doesn't it?

Got my ticket for Huddersfield this morning and really looking forward to it.

[Exiled Wiganer]

Great match. Tonga are a superb side, and to beat them any which way is a great result. To do so with a sense of real jeopardy right to the end is even better. England are not far off being a very good side. 

One of the good things is that there are alternatives in pretty much every position for England. So looking forward to next week. I think both sides have a lot of improvement in them.

International football on BBC1. Life is good on days like these. 

[GeordieSaint]

1 minute ago, Dave T said:

OK is probably fair. Would be nice to be more, but hopefully that Test match will boost the attendance next week. 

Well Yorkshire fans have been watching tripe all year. So they may as well go and watch a couple of decent games for a change! 

[craig hamilton]

Proper tough test and good to watch. Lewis was deserved MOM but a few others were in contention.

Please, please could the International Federation develop and enforce a proper calendar?

[GeordieSaint]

I am not surprised our attack was clunky. 2 sessions on a field??? That’s bonkers. Fair play to them. 

[Bedford Roughyed]

1 minute ago, Exiled Wiganer said:

One of the good things is that there are alternatives in pretty much every position for England.

And we are probably missing a couple of 'first choice' starters.  Will be happy with that.  

[Dave T]

2 minutes ago, GeordieSaint said:

Well Yorkshire fans have been watching tripe all year. So they may as well go and watch a couple of decent games for a change! 

I'm saying nowt 

[Bedford Roughyed]

Just now, GeordieSaint said:

I am not surprised our attack was clunky. 2 sessions on a field??? That’s bonkers. Fair play to them. 

They did one training session in the hotel conference room... 

[Harry Stottle]

10 minutes ago, Johnny Ringo said:

Welsby often misses the 1 on 1 tackles

He certainly does, and especially when when someone runs directly at him, thankfully it didn't happen to often.

[dkw]

1 minute ago, Futtocks said:

Emotional stuff from Lewis post-match. You could tell how much it meant to him.

Yeah that was really good to see, I expect Wane uses the national pride etc quite a bit with the players, get them firing.

Another good interview by Welsby too, our young uns now look very comfortable on the screen.

[MrPosh]

Just now, Bedford Roughyed said:

And we are probably missing a couple of 'first choice' starters.  Will be happy with that.  

So were they, to be fair.

Either way, a great game and I thought England were excellent throughout. Nobody had a bad game.

[crashmon]

1 minute ago, Exiled Wiganer said:

Great match. Tonga are a superb side, and to beat them any which way is a great result. To do so with a sense of real jeopardy right to the end is even better. England are not far off being a very good side. 

One of the good things is that there are alternatives in pretty much every position for England. So looking forward to next week. I think both sides have a lot of improvement in them.

International football on BBC1. Life is good on days like these. 

Yes...  And for those watching in the southern half of the country, will fire up ticketmaster now and go... I'd like to go see them live...

Hmm 2nd Test Huddsfield... thats a 4 hour drive there and another 4 hours back... Or £200 quid for a last min train ticket....  Ok lets look at test 3

Hmm thats in leeds thats a 4/12 hour drive there and another 4/12 hour trip back, or £200 on the train...

OK I'll get some jars in and watch it on TV

 

[Johnny Ringo]

1 minute ago, Harry Stottle said:

He certainly does, and especially when when someone runs directly at him, thankfully it didn't happen to often.

He's still a great player, but it's an area he needs to work on .