Australia v England - 2nd Test
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Ikitau is a big loss - like Kellaway does the right thing more often than not.
Pleased to see they didn't rush Hodge in.
@KiwiMurph I would of had Perese at 13 instead of Paisami. He was one of the form backs in Super Rugby before getting injured.
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Nowell? Really?
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Bit of a backline shake up for England with a couple of 21 year olds coming into the 15 (JvP and Freeman). Porter also gets a first cap at 13. Underhill in for Curry who's on a flight home. 6:2 bench
@Margin_Walker is JvP the guy who came on last week? Big unit for a 9.
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@KiwiMurph Kellaway is a gun player. Just does the right thing more often than not.
Jordie at fullback, that’s unexpected!
@ACT-Crusader said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
@KiwiMurph Kellaway is a gun player. Just does the right thing more often than not.
Jordie at fullback, that’s unexpected!
He's the Aussie Ben Smith.
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Nowell? Really?
@MiketheSnow said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
Nowell? Really?
I actually thought he did okay last week, despite having reservations about him originally (well the 2022 version anyway).
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@MiketheSnow said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
Nowell? Really?
I actually thought he did okay last week, despite having reservations about him originally (well the 2022 version anyway).
@Margin_Walker said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
@MiketheSnow said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
Nowell? Really?
I actually thought he did okay last week, despite having reservations about him originally (well the 2022 version anyway).
Arundell did more in 2 mins
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@Margin_Walker is JvP the guy who came on last week? Big unit for a 9.
Yeah, he's an interesting one. I really like him. Looked great in age grade rugby and has slotted in well in a good Leicester team when he's played. I think he's better than Randall anyway.
Amusingly though he failed to make the 23 for Leicester in the Premiership final the other week with Youngs and Wigglesworth (who's about 47 now) preferred.
Think he'll go well all the same.
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@Margin_Walker said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
@MiketheSnow said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
Nowell? Really?
I actually thought he did okay last week, despite having reservations about him originally (well the 2022 version anyway).
Arundell did more in 2 mins
Ha. I'm a LI fan, so would prefer to roll the dice and play Arundell as well. Love watching the kid play. I just don't hate Nowell being in there. May have changed my stance on that by Saturday afternoon though.
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Yeah, he's an interesting one. I really like him. Looked great in age grade rugby and has slotted in well in a good Leicester team when he's played. I think he's better than Randall anyway.
Amusingly though he failed to make the 23 for Leicester in the Premiership final the other week with Youngs and Wigglesworth (who's about 47 now) preferred.
Think he'll go well all the same.
@Margin_Walker he looked pretty good when he came on plus he was on debut. There are several reasons for it, but the English play did speed up when he was on, which was a good thing.
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Ha. I'm a LI fan, so would prefer to roll the dice and play Arundell as well. Love watching the kid play. I just don't hate Nowell being in there. May have changed my stance on that by Saturday afternoon though.
I'm neither too disappointed nor too shocked by that selection, though I feel Eddie has missed a trick or two. A bit more speed in the back row would help to nullify Aussie's go forward momentum and I feel that he's dropped the wrong wing and I'm saying that as an Exeter boy. I like Nowell and think he is a good international wing, but is a little shy of match fitness IMO. Plus Cockanisiga offers a different option to anything else we have. He's a true power runner and offers the midfield a good bail out option coming in off his wing - just use him in the right way.
Underhill needs to stay fit and Eddie needs to keep him on the pitch.
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I'm neither too disappointed nor too shocked by that selection, though I feel Eddie has missed a trick or two. A bit more speed in the back row would help to nullify Aussie's go forward momentum and I feel that he's dropped the wrong wing and I'm saying that as an Exeter boy. I like Nowell and think he is a good international wing, but is a little shy of match fitness IMO. Plus Cockanisiga offers a different option to anything else we have. He's a true power runner and offers the midfield a good bail out option coming in off his wing - just use him in the right way.
Underhill needs to stay fit and Eddie needs to keep him on the pitch.
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I'm neither too disappointed nor too shocked by that selection, though I feel Eddie has missed a trick or two. A bit more speed in the back row would help to nullify Aussie's go forward momentum and I feel that he's dropped the wrong wing and I'm saying that as an Exeter boy. I like Nowell and think he is a good international wing, but is a little shy of match fitness IMO. Plus Cockanisiga offers a different option to anything else we have. He's a true power runner and offers the midfield a good bail out option coming in off his wing - just use him in the right way.
Underhill needs to stay fit and Eddie needs to keep him on the pitch.
Agree on the back row. Eddie's given himself a real issue on that front by having Lawes as captain. Lots of calls for him to play lock, but he just doesn't do that any more, so you're trapped with a Billy V / Lawes combo.
I've got a lot of time for Cokanasiga, but unless he's in proper rampaging form, you do lose a bit when he's involved as he's not got the most rounded game. Freeman's a big guy although probably not someone you'd be bringing into midfield too much on the crash ball. Interested to see what Porter offers on this stage, as I've not seen a whole lot of him. Probably picked as a more direct option than Marchant.
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@Machpants said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
@Catogrande said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
Exeter boy.
Oi, he's Cornish! Bloody Devonian
He’s certainly Cornish when he’s injured!
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@ARHS said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:
@Duluth pleased to see Frost get a chance at last.
He’s still very young so his time was eventually going to come. A genuine 6’9” unit that has good athleticism and played well this season. Oz should be using him on opposition throws.
