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Agreed. Also think CCS has looked very good every time he’s had the ball.
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Funny one, innit? Ambition but inaccurate. Not at all convinced by either centre to be honest. Fiji were deserving their lead but that was a daft card to concede and England will be grateful for getting the initiative back!
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Scrumhead wrote: Sat Nov 08, 2025 6:34 pm Agreed. Also think CCS has looked very good every time he’s had the ball.
Yeah he's been absolutely immense. Taking most of the line outs too
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Jesus, it's not a red... the rules are just so inconsistently applied.

I said it would be tough with this backrow. It's not balanced.
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Stom wrote: Sat Nov 08, 2025 6:44 pm Jesus, it's not a red... the rules are just so inconsistently applied.

I said it would be tough with this backrow. It's not balanced.
I think Curry over Earl (I don't care which one) would work.

Personally I think the backs are the issue. Lawrence seems off the boil, Dingwall is a bit ehhh, Marcus needs to be at 10 and both IFW and Tommy have been a little underwhelming
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How is that not a red?!
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Brilliant from Lawrence.
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Not sure Fin Smith is doing his chances many favours here, not been great, imo.
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Danno wrote: Sat Nov 08, 2025 6:48 pm
Stom wrote: Sat Nov 08, 2025 6:44 pm Jesus, it's not a red... the rules are just so inconsistently applied.

I said it would be tough with this backrow. It's not balanced.
I think Curry over Earl (I don't care which one) would work.

Personally I think the backs are the issue. Lawrence seems off the boil, Dingwall is a bit ehhh, Marcus needs to be at 10 and both IFW and Tommy have been a little underwhelming
Well now I sound like a total moron
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Yeah, Healy was complaining about the penalty, but I'm with the ref here, it's dozy from England yet again, and we've conceded again. Just pure doziness. It's not a system failure, it's a mental failure. We're not stepping up. Leadership lacking. George will help now, and Curry and Pollock will help in the backrow, too.
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Yup, one of those days. Just not clicking.
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Marcus needed to do better there.
Stole time, and didn't commit the defence.

Lawrence tried to inject urgency to give Freeman the spac back,, but wasn't clinical with the pass
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Which Tyler wrote: Sat Nov 08, 2025 7:02 pm Marcus needed to do better there.
Stole time, and didn't commit the defence
Was an awful pass from Lawrence, too.
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Harsh yellow I thought. Maybe I missed the warning.
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I think na na na na na naaa na is actually making me hate this team.
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Stom wrote: Sat Nov 08, 2025 7:03 pm
Which Tyler wrote: Sat Nov 08, 2025 7:02 pm Marcus needed to do better there.
Stole time, and didn't commit the defence
Was an awful pass from Lawrence, too.
Sorry, see edit.

Yep, I think he was annoyed at the dela and tried fo inject urgency, but sacrificed accuracy
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Mikey Brown wrote: Sat Nov 08, 2025 7:06 pm I think na na na na na naaa na is actually making me hate this team.
They were playing it Murrayfield too weren't they?
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Mr Mwenda wrote: Sat Nov 08, 2025 7:07 pm
Mikey Brown wrote: Sat Nov 08, 2025 7:06 pm I think na na na na na naaa na is actually making me hate this team.
They were playing it Murrayfield too weren't they?
Maybe, to be fair. I didn’t notice it, but certainly not every score.

I’m not sure England deserve to be ahead right now, regardless of how much I hate that song.
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Well damn. I guess Arundell is fast after all.
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Blimey
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Well, I’m not sure what to make of that.
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Also, did I really hear Healey suggest that Mitchell gets dropped for Spencer?
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We have really lacked control / structure which I think Sloppy Bolognese will not be happy with. Don’t think FSmith or Lawrence have done much to advance their cause.

MSmith had a reasonable game and Arundell looked electric in his cameo.

CCS was superb but still feel his role will be as a last 30 player - our Kwagga Smith.
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Some good bits, some not so good. A few players stepped up, others served up sub par efforts. Its really difficult to know where we are right now. NZ should focus the mind and will hopefully see a far more rounded performance.
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Williams is such a biased ref a 1 metre forward pass from freeman to Earl leading to a try waved through

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