Rangi Chase : Sun Nov 20, 2011 5:44 pm  

Regardless of the fact that he is a Kiwi by birth, do you think he is good enough as a player to be in the England team. I wasn't impressed by his performances in the 4 Nations (but there again Sam Tomkins had a stinker yesterday too).

Re: Rangi Chase : Sun Nov 20, 2011 6:25 pm  

On his day he's as good as any half back in the world, so yes.

I think he has shown glimpses of what he is capable of in this tournament but on the whole he hasn't been spectacular. I'd like to see him given a go alongside Widdop in the future with Sinfield being pushed out to 13.

And on Tomkins, the Aussies just did a very good job on him. Fair play to them.

[Hillsborough Lad]

Re: Rangi Chase : Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:57 am  

I hardly ever watch Super League games, I'd heard he won Man Of Steel so was quite looking forward to seeing him play. All I can say is I hope he's better for Castleford than he was for England.

Re: Rangi Chase : Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:27 am  

E.S.O wrote:

On his day he's as good as any half back in the world, so yes.

I think he has shown glimpses of what he is capable of in this tournament but on the whole he hasn't been spectacular. I'd like to see him given a go alongside Widdop in the future with Sinfield being pushed out to 13.

And on Tomkins, the Aussies just did a very good job on him. Fair play to them.

What worries me a little is that his on days may be with Castleford and not England. (Rather like the cricketer Graeme Hick who was superb for Worcestershire but nearly always struggled when playing for England.

Yes the Aussies did a fine job on Sam Tomkins, peppering him with high kicks under pressure but surely this was to be expected, It most certainly helped to put him off his game.

Can't argue about the result though.