POST GAME Four Nations 2016 Week 2

[Big Pete]

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[TD="align: center"]ENGLAND
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[TD="align: center"]SCOTLAND
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[TD]Squad (Alphabetical)
John Bateman
George Burgess
Sam Burgess
Tom Burgess
Daryl Clark
Mike Cooper
Liam Farrell
Luke Gale
Ryan Hall
Chris Hill
Josh Hodgson
Johnny Lomax
Jermaine McGilvray
Michael Percival
Dan Sarginson
Scott Taylor
Kallum Watkins
Elliott Whitehead
George Williams
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[TD]Squad (Alphabetical)
Danny Addy
Euan Aitken
Sam Brooks
Danny Brough
Tyler Cassel
Lachlan Coote
Luke Douglas
Dale Ferguson
Ben Hellewell
Liam Hood
Ben Kavanagh
Kane Linnett
Frankie Mariano
Brett Phillips
Callum Phillips
Matthew Russell
Dave Scott
Lewis Tierney
Adam Walker

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[TD]Coach: Wayne Bennett[/TD]
[TD]Coach: Steve McCormack[/TD]
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[TD]Referee: Gerard Sutton
Touch-Judges: Mark Craven & Chris Kendall
Video Referee: Ben Thaler
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[TD]Venue: Ricoh Arena
Kick-Off: 3:00am (Queensland Time)
Broadcast: GEM Sunday 6th of November
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[Big Pete]

Four Nations - Week 2
Sunday, 6th of November, 2016

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[TD]NEW ZEALAND[/TD]
[TD]AUSTRALIA[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]1. Jordan Kahu
2. Gerard Beale
3. Solomone Kata
4. Shaun Kenny-Dowall
5. Jordan Rapana
6. Thomas Leuluai
7. Shaun Johnson
8. Jesse Bromwich
9. Issac Luke
17. Greg Eastwood
11. Kevin Proctor
12. Tohu Harris
13. Jason Taumalolo

10. Adam Blair
14. Lewis Brown
15. Martin Taupau
16. Manu Ma'u
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[TD="align: left"]1. Darius Boyd
2. Valentine Holmes
3. Greg Inglis
4. Justin O'Neil
5. Blake Ferguson
6. Michael Morgan
7. Johnathan Thurston
8. Mat Scott
9. Cameron Smith
10. Aaron Woods
11. Boyd Cordner
12. Matt Gillett
13. Trent Merrin

14. Shannon Boyd
15. James Maloney
16. David Klemmer
17. Sam Thaiday
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[TD="align: left"]Coach: David Kidwell
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[TD="align: left"]Coach: Mal Meninga[/TD]
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[TD="align: left"]Referee: Ben Cummins
Sideline Official: Anthony Elliott & Joe Cobb
Video Referee: Bernard Sutton[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]Venue: Ricoh Arena
Kick-Off: 6:00am (Queensland Time)
Broadcast: GEM[/TD]
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[Broncoman]

Where is Cronk

 

[Danoz Direct]

Where is Cronk

Rested.

 

[Fozz]

Where is Cronk

Looks like Maloney has his spot.

 

[Broncoman]

Bit strange to rest Cronk for a game against the Kiwis.

 

[tommy]

Michael Morgan to start at 5/8 apparently

 

[Super Freak]

Good shit.

 

[Broncoman]

I would much prefer Maloney over Morgan. Best 5/8th this year and has been awesome over the last few years. Has far better management and organisational skills than Morgan to.

That said I can see why they would go with Morgan.

 

[Big Pete]

It's gut-check time for Morgan. It's been difficult to gauge his representative form so far, especially since he's played such an undefined role. Utility players are on a hiding to nothing unless they can provide fresh legs out of dummy half. Morgan hasn't been afforded the luxury, so this game shapes as a prime opportunity for him to make his mark.

Does anyone think Mal would have made a different choice if it was JT being rested and not Cronk?

 

[Rally Towel]

I really feel like Maloney would have been the better choice. He lacks the combination with JT but he's pretty polished and assured. Aside from some handling errors I thought he was threatening with ball in hand against the Scots.

Feels like a boom or bust move bringing in Morgan. I hope he has a blinder but I feel like he may not be up for it? Given they have gone with him, makes sense that O'Neill got the gig. Between him, JT and Morgan, they should have a fair bit of synergy.

 

[Danoz Direct]

Would prefer it if Morgan just played centre in place of O'Neill, with Maloney in the halves. Morgan plays like an extra centre for the Cowboys anyway.

 

[Smartseal]

Maloney's defence is shit though & kiwis would run roughshod over him. Seems a strange decision to rest cronk

 

[Broncoman]

Maloney's defence is shit though & kiwis would run roughshod over him. Seems a strange decision to rest cronk

Thurston is shit defensively as well, Maloney will fit right in.

 

[Fozz]

Turd Ferguson opens the scoring.

Aussies up 4-0

 

[Fozz]

Thurston over too.

8-0

 

[Fozz]

Poms beat Scotland 38-12 earlier.

 

[Fozz]

Inglis just destroyed Kahu with a solid tackle coming off the line.