Re: Your England Team : Thu Nov 03, 2016 8:42 pm
Biff Tannen wrote:
Extremely weak squad is way wide of the mark imo. They were missing Tamaulolo, obviously a big miss but we were missing Sam and George Burgess in the pack so that evens it out.... basically we are talking Shaun Johnson, who is a huge player for them and the difference. Rest of that team is very similar to the one that took the park at the weekend. That team also has RTS in it -
FB 1 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
RW 2 Jason Nightingale
RC 3 Jordan Kahu
LC 4 Dean Whare
LW 5 Shaun Kenny-Dowall
FE 6 Peta Hiku
HB 7 Tuimoala Lolohea
PR 8 Jesse Bromwich
HK 9 Issac Luke (Captain)
PR 10 Sam Moa
SR 11 Kevin Proctor
SR 12 Tohu Harris
LK 13 Adam Blair (Captain)
Substitutions:
BE 14 Kodi Nikorima
BE 15 Martin Taupau
BE 16 Ben Matulino
BE 17 Sio Siua Taukeiaho
Coach:
Stephen Kearney
FB 1 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
RW 2 Jason Nightingale
RC 3 Jordan Kahu
LC 4 Dean Whare
LW 5 Shaun Kenny-Dowall
FE 6 Peta Hiku
HB 7 Tuimoala Lolohea
PR 8 Jesse Bromwich
HK 9 Issac Luke (Captain)
PR 10 Sam Moa
SR 11 Kevin Proctor
SR 12 Tohu Harris
LK 13 Adam Blair (Captain)
Substitutions:
BE 14 Kodi Nikorima
BE 15 Martin Taupau
BE 16 Ben Matulino
BE 17 Sio Siua Taukeiaho
Coach:
Stephen Kearney
Difference is Shuan Johnson is probably the best player in the world and (unlike any England player) has the ability to win game from nothing.
Look at the 2013 semi (before Johnson had developed into a world class player), Sinfield had him on toast for 79 minutes, but when his team truly needed him he came up with the goods.
I just don't see Widdop or even Gale doing that at international level.
