Kiwis tour of England

Game two was a decent watch, I thought. Seen lots of criticism saying it wasn't attractive, but with those Kiwi halves, they were optimistic if they were expecting anything else.

The botched tries in the second half from Nikorima, Hiku and Graham added to the drama, and it was a tight arm wrestle all the way through.

Excellent decision from Kearney to play Nikorima at halfback ahead of Lolohea.

I have my hopes up for the third game now ... I really thought it would be a 3-0 win to England, but the way the Kiwi forwards steamrolled them in the second test (made about 400 more metres I think?) makes me think they might do it.

Then I remember it's another English ref for the third test and snap out of it. :lol:
 
The squads have been named for the decider

England

John Bateman
Joe Burgess
Thomas Burgess
Mike Cooper
Liam Farrell
Brett Ferres
James Graham
Ryan Hall
Zak Hardaker
Chris Hill
Josh Hodgson
Jermaine McGillvary
Sean O’Loughlin
James Roby
Matty Smith
Kallum Watkins
Elliott Whitehead
Gareth Widdop
George Williams

New Zealand

1. Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
2. Jason Nightingale
3. Jordan Kahu
4. Dean Whare
5. Shaun Kenny-Dowall
6. Peta Hiku
7. Kodi Nikorima
8. Jesse Bromwich
9. Issac Luke
10. Sam Moa
11. Kevin Prcotor
12. Tohu Harris
13. Adam Blair

14. Lewis Brown
15. Martin Taupau
16. Ben Matulino
17. Alex Glenn
18. Isaac Liu
19. Gerard Beale
 
England lead 8-6 at halftime in the decider! England forwards were very good for the first half hour, Kiwis had the best of the last ten. Hopefully from my point of view they carry that on into the second half.

It's raining pretty hard, handling has been amazing given that.
 
England took it out, 20-14 in the end. Kiwis got two late tries to make it closer, and it did end up three tries a piece with goalkicking the difference.

England deserved the win, NZ's attack was just too aimless with no halves. The decision to not pick Marshall killed us in the end, I'd say!
 
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