The 'other' June tests
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<p>I've looked online at the Sky TV guide and can't see tonight's Aust-Eng game listed. Don't tell me they're not showing these games live on SS1 or the Rugby Channel.</p>
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<p>Look in my first post, it's on Sky Sport <strong>2</strong>!</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Bones" data-cid="586186" data-time="1465584998">
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<p>Saxons win 32-24. Really enjoyed that game, good watch. That Haley looks very handy, reminds me of a young Dagg. <strong>Kvesic is quite the douche huh</strong>.</p>
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<p>Why so? I didn't see him do anything douchey?</p>
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<p>I'm a big Kvesic fan but he was a mixed bag today. Won some great turnovers like no-one else in England can, but also slipped off a couple of tackles and failed to own the space between his pack and flyhalf in defence.</p>
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<p>Cracking match, Haley & Hepburn pick of the bunch for me. Tompkins good too, although still a little raw. How Dan Robson isn't with the main team in Australia I'll never know, and it was as gutting to see him go off with that ankle injury as it was great to see him score that ridiculous try on it.</p>
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<p>For the Saffers, I thought their big blonde lock looked good, and they weirdly seemed to have all their bulk on the bench. Next week should be fun assuming both teams rotate a bit.</p> -
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<p>Look in my first post, it's on Sky Sport <strong>2</strong>!</p>
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<p>I don't see the Australia-England test listed above. SS2 has live NRL all evening according to the Sky TV guide.</p>
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<p>I don't see the Australia-England test listed above. SS2 has live NRL all evening according to the Sky TV guide.</p>
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<p>Edit: Live on SS4.</p>
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<p>Ahhhhh, yes, sorry. I wasn't quite awake yet and read your post wrong. For some weird reason I thought you were talking about SA v Ire, which you clearly weren't. </p> -
<p>Georgia leading 9-6 vs Samoa at Halftime...</p>
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Will be interesting to see how this team grows over the next few years, and if they can be good enough to qualify for the next RWC.. There are a few injuries and "family absences"</p>
<p> </p>The Samoa team to play Georgia:<ul><li>Albert Nikoro*</li>
<li>Faatoina Autagavaia (18)</li>
<li>Reynold Lee Lo (6)</li>
<li>Faialaga Afamasaga (3)</li>
<li>David Lemi (capt) (42)</li>
<li>Patrick Fa'apale (7)</li>
<li>Dwayne Polataivao*</li>
<li>Jeff Lepa*</li>
<li>TJ Ioane (8)</li>
<li>Alafoti Faosiliva (15)</li>
<li>Teofilo Paulo (22)</li>
<li>Faatiga Lemalu (15)</li>
<li>James Johnston (14)</li>
<li>Motu Matuu (31)</li>
<li>Sam Aiono (1)</li>
</ul><p style="font-family:'PT Serif', Georgia, serif;color:rgb(25,25,25);font-size:16px;">Reserves: Seilala Lam*, Nuuuli Lene*, Jake Grey (4), Talaga Alofipo*, Oneone Faafou (2), Danny Tusitala*, D'Angelo Leuila*, Malu Falaniko*.</p> -
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">About ten minutes into the second half, Samoa took a 16-9 lead, after a converted try from Lemi. Georgia's number 7 (<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">Giorgi Tkhilaishvili</span>) just scored from a driving maul and after the conversion it's 16 all.</span></span></p>
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<p>some huge units in the Fijian team</p>
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<p>anyone else watching this...seems sky have 2 audio streams and one of them is about a second or so ahead of the play, so you hear a whistle, a second or so later you see the ref blow a penalty and hear the whistle again.</p>
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<p>Awful game of rugby I thought. Samoa had no scrum at all. Good to see them blooding younger players however.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="African Monkey" data-cid="586258" data-time="1465618637"><p>Awful game of rugby I thought. Samoa had no scrum at all. Good to see them blooding younger players however.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Osbourne didn't have his best game. Nakarawa is some player.</p>
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Oh yeah Robson was fantastic, brilliant try too, that was a ridiculous run.</p></blockquote>
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Kind of ridiculous he could almost come to a complete stop and not get swallowed up by cover of some sort.<br><br>
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<p>Did anyone see the match between Argentina and Italy? Just noticed the final score was 30-24 to Argentina. Somehow I expected a more convincing win by the Pumas. Maybe due to Jaguares fatigue? Or isn't Italy as bad as I expected?</p>
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<p>This is the only legal highlights video that I could find: <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.espn.com.ar/video/clip//id/2701343'>http://www.espn.com.ar/video/clip//id/2701343</a></p> -
Conor O'Shea (former Ireland FB and Harlequins coach) has taken over the helm at Italy.<br><br>He's a smart thinker and knows his coaching. He's got s tough job ahead of him, but I think he'll make a difference over the next couple of years both to teams playing in PRO12 and with the test team.
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Have to give props to Georgia who have started a three-match tour to the Pacific Islands this month with consecutive matches against Samoa, Tonga and Fiji - good experience and support for all four teams.
