England to whitewash Australia
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England squad for 2nd Test:<br>
M Brown (Harlequins); A Watson (Bath), J Joseph (Bath), O Farrell (Saracens), J Nowell (Exeter); G Ford (Bath), B Youngs (Leicester); M Vunipola (Saracens), D Hartley (capt. Northampton), D Cole (Leicester); M Itoje (Saracens), G Kruis (Saracens); C Robshaw (Harlequins), B Vunipola (Saracens), J Haskell (Wasps). Replacements: J George (Saracens), M Mullan (Wasps), P Hill (Northampton), J Launchbury (Wasps), C Lawes (Northampton), J Clifford (Harlequins), D Care (Harlequins), E Daly (Wasps). <br><br>
Marginally better team than last week. Nowell has the edge on Yarde, for me. Farrell for Burrell was no-brainer after the success of the tactical subbing last week. Pleased to see Daly on the bench, but he was the obvious choice with only 2 backs - hope he gets a run out and shows what he's capable of. Another big performance coming from Haskell, I think, but Brown needs to pull his finger out. -
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<p>England paying $2.10.</p>
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<p>Not quite as enticing when you cashed in on $2.34 last week </p>
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<p>You can get Aussie at $2.00 for the first half if you shop around. That's what I'm on. Always like betting against the NH teams after a "statement win" - too busy patting themselves on the back after a good performance. Aussie also consistently a really good team out of the blocks and have been for almost a decade.</p> -
<p>Yeah still kind of surprising though. Would have thought they'd pull in closer to $2.</p>
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<p>Definitely the scoreline flattered England a touch with that try at the end, and another coming off a pair of fuckups. But they played pretty well in the style they know, as well as adding a little bit of attack.</p>
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<p>Home game I suppose, plus the bookies thinking the Wallabies will be better for the game time together.</p> -
<p>Bench finalised for Wallabies. Full XXIII is now:</p>
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<div>1 Slipper</div>
<div>2 Moore (skipper)</div>
<div>3 Kepu</div>
<div>4 Carter</div>
<div>5 Arnold</div>
<div>6 Fardy</div>
<div>7 Hooper</div>
<div>8 McMahon</div>
<div>9 Phipps</div>
<div>10 Foley</div>
<div>11 Horne</div>
<div>12 Kerevi</div>
<div>13 Kuridrani</div>
<div>14 Haylett-Petty</div>
<div>15 Folau</div>
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<div>16 Polota-Nau</div>
<div>17 Smith</div>
<div>18 Holmes</div>
<div>19 Mumm</div>
<div>20 McCalman</div>
<div>21 Frisby</div>
<div>22 Lealiifano</div>
<div>23 Morahan</div>
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<div>I would have started McCalman, because I think he's a better starter.</div>
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<div>Horwill, Palu, and Gill arsed in favour of the 5-3 bench. </div> -
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<p>I like McMahon, looking forward to see how he goes. Strikes me as a real hard bastard.</p>
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<p>I don't rate McMahon except for being a hard runner, will keep a watch on him tomorrow in the thread. I would say this game is his opportunity and he needs to make the most of it.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="NTA" data-cid="588918" data-time="1466135820"><p>Definitely the scoreline flattered England a touch with that try at the end, and another coming off a pair of fuckups. But they played pretty well in the style they know, as well as adding a little bit of attack.</p></blockquote>
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True. On the other side of the ledger, Australia opened with a speed that caught England by surprise - that won't happen two weeks in a row. Expecting that kind of onslaught is only half the battle, of course, coping with it is something else, but if the England defence sticks to the script, though, I'm optimistic-ish on that score. Then again, back the other way, if Foley brings his kicking boots..., etc.<br><br>
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So Simmons isn't injured, he's been omitted on form. That 10 minutes he played last week must have sucked
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="mariner4life" data-cid="589091" data-time="1466201526"><p>So Simmons isn't injured, he's been omitted on form. That 10 minutes he played last week must have sucked</p></blockquote>
He hasnt exactly been lighting the world on fire ever. Carter has propably been training the house down and deserves a crack. -
<p>Looking forward to seeing S McMahon have acrack. Been very goo in SUper rugby and I am not convinced on podick as an 8</p>
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Is that Snoop on the mike?
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<p>I pity the poor English having to sing "god save the queen". I mean she seems nice and all, but what about the other 50 million poms. The Welsh who aren;t even a real country sing some other song. The Scots who are a country likewise. Pity the white shirted people with no song in their hearts.</p>
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Seemed to be plenty of pride on display just now.
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Not a great start by Brown
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Awful surface
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Disgusted of TW" data-cid="589429" data-time="1466244935"><p>Awful surface</p></blockquote>
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Dull post for 1000. Damn.
