Sun 27th Oct: Men's International: England v Samoa KO 2.30pm (BBC Two)

[JonM]

Good.bit fuller than expected. Good bit louder than last few England games too.

[StandOffHalf]

Good stuff Mikey Lewis.

Head to head.

[Damien]

Looks a good crowd to me.

[GeordieSaint]

Passionate…

… TV focussed on Lewis there but Knowles and one of the Samoan props were still head to head for 10-15 secs!! 

[StandOffHalf]

Liam Moore home ref though.

Hmmmm

[EagleEyePie]

Oh I loved that. Proper intensity. Williams and Welsby refusing to be the first one to back away when Molo was staring them down.

[Northern Eel]

Top quality from Mikey Lewis there. 

[Click]

Great passion showed by both teams during the 'war dance'. 

Shame about some idiots in the crowd shouting at the beginning of it.

[Damien]

Great stuff there too. Respect to both sets of players and a great tribute to Inga.

[shrewsbury roughyed]

Loving this! They mean this! Newman and Lewis not fazed. It put the sh*ts up me and  I’m sitting on my settee!

[glossop saint]

Shame Mikey Lewis isn't starting! Purely for some good winding up

[shrewsbury roughyed]

Loving this! They mean this! Newman and Lewis not fazed. It put the sh*ts up me and  I’m sitting on my settee!

[Exiled Wiganer]

51 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

Mostly because there are a handful of Wigan fans (not usually you but you're certainly getting going this time) who like to attack me personally regardless of what I actually say.

Just ignore them. They’re an idiot WDL fringe group. (If I one, then I will add “Having a stiff word with myself.” to the agenda for the next committee meeting. 

As for Bateman, he’ll do for me. He is ideal for a high pressure international. 

[JonM]

1 minute ago, Damien said:

Looks a good crowd to me.

Three quarters full at a guess.

[northamptoncougar]

I think this is weakest front three England has put out in the last decade 

[GeordieSaint]

1 minute ago, northamptoncougar said:

I think this is weakest front three England has put out in the last decade 

I think prop is now our weakest position.

[Dave T]

Shame, poor end to that passage of play.

[StandOffHalf]

2 minutes ago, northamptoncougar said:

I think this is weakest front three England has put out in the last decade 

The Warrington hooker has been way better than Clark IMO.

[Click]

I wonder what tunes the Samoan coach is listening to. 

[Exiled Wiganer]

2 minutes ago, northamptoncougar said:

I think this is weakest front three England has put out in the last decade 

Havard and Thompson are superb players. Thompson was of course suspended for, err

[Exiled Wiganer]

Ashton is superb at international level.

[OMEGA]

What a terrible pass from Smith, it’s forward, it’s uncatchable, it’s a poor option late in the count, Bateman has 3 players right in front of him it’s bloody awful in about half a dozen different ways

[Dave T]

2 minutes ago, StandOffHalf said:

The Warrington hooker has been way better than Clark IMO.

I think Walker faded at the end of the year which didn't help him. 

[Futtocks]

Herbie!!!

[Dave T]

Get in. Thats been coming.