Sat 28th Oct: International: England v Tonga KO 14:30 @ Huddersfield (BBC)

[Johnny Ringo]

Poor defence, wide open on the right. 

[dkw]

Just now, Dunbar said:

That's good centre play from Newman.  Not always been in his skill set so a very good sign of development.

Excellent catch and pass, far too often he's took the line on in that situation. 

[Agbrigg]

WTF do they need VR ref for that

[StandOffHalf]

Good shot into Radley's ribs there as he passed.

Frizell was committed; a home ref giving a penalty there is a weak call.

Ashton crosses for a try, after the harsh penalty.

Terrible call from the ref; they gave a pen because the player stayed down.

 

[phiggins]

9 minutes ago, saintspete83 said:

So despite having a recent World Cup with a respectable list of sponsers we find ourselves with No series sponsor, no referee sponsor and poor ticket sales. RL commercial must have forgotten to call Fred Done

IMG grade D for RL Commercial

[Exiled Wiganer]

Great build up, great finish, and great kick. Smith has had a great start. 

[Archie Gordon]

All I can hear is Jack Smith. And I don't even think he is mic'ed up.

[Chrispmartha]

1 minute ago, dkw said:

Excellent catch and pass, far too often he's took the line on in that situation. 

He’s got that pass in his game but needs to do it more often, it was a high skill play

[dkw]

Noble THINKS it took a deflection 

[Click]

It's annoying how many times Woods has brought up RU. I don't care for it - if I did I'd watch it instead.

[StandOffHalf]

8 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

I don't see why that is a penalty.  He took the ball to the line to take contact and so why is the defender penalised.

No way was it a pen; into the ribs and committed.

Shocking call.

I suspect Radley staying down winded gave the visual of a penalty offence. Weak reffing.

[Dunbar]

Straight off the training ground there from Tonga. 

[EastLondonMike]

1 minute ago, Click said:

It's annoying how many times Woods has brought up RU. I don't care for it - if I did I'd watch it instead.

Don't think its Dave woods.

[saintspete83]

6 minutes ago, phiggins said:

IMG grade D for RL Commercial

I have just looked on linkedin out of interest to see who they are. Not exactly got a solid track record in selling top level sport. 

 

Edited October 28, 2023 by saintspete83

[EastLondonMike]

Someone tell the crowd the games started.

[StandOffHalf]

Olakatua according to Nobby...

[bratman]

Strong defence from Tonga, but very compressed, think there's plenty of space out wide.

[Wolfey Rovers]

Burgess absolutely blowing after 10 mins 

[Futtocks]

2 minutes ago, EastLondonMike said:

Someone tell the crowd the games started.

Someone just did.

[dkw]

Excellent defence, good discipline by Ashton to stay out.

[Exiled Wiganer]

Ashton and Newman did superbly there. That right hand side is working very well. 

[OriginalMrC]

2 minutes ago, EastLondonMike said:

Someone tell the crowd the games started.

Give them a chance, most of them haven't got into the ground yet 

[bratman]

Great tackle Ashton!

[JohnM]

2 minutes ago, saintspete83 said:

I have just looked on linkedin out of interest to see who they are. Not exactly got a solid track record in selling top level sport. 

 

Wrong thread. This one is for moaning about today's game. Moaning about IMG has its own specialised thread.

[Dunbar]

Just now, bratman said:

Great tackle Ashton!

Yes. Shows the value of genuine pace in defence as well as attack.