Looking at the game, which this post is about,
we played ok for the first 30 minutes but never looked like breaking the gain line - it was like watching Widnes §!
you need to have running half backs that take on their line and scooting from dummy half to break up their defensive line and fast ptb
love to see us turn it round next week, but if we don’t change our tactics it will be the same result
Think we were just offering our thoughts on why we lost and not how we lost.
For what it's worth: my thoughts immediately went back to the 1978 Aussie Invincibles, and the subsequent discussion points behind that particular whitewash.
All I can say, is that the discussion points that applied then is almost as relevant today as it was back then.
It just comes down to the quality between SL and the NRL.
The gap has never been more wider, our best players in SL look like little boys against a team like Australia. I would argue that England is probably the biggest reasons why international RL can’t progress. You can’t have serious International fixtures when the 2nd biggest market for RL can’t even compete.
Aussie ref in the 2nd test. They're hoping for quicker play-the-balls and expecting a 40-point victory!
Goes against the grain but I thought that the ref was pretty good tbh. Their quick ptb caught us out too often, lie on tacklers left behind the acting half. You can't do that with Grant!!!
It's one thing that Widnes could use tbh. Use strength to get up and ptb or make the tacklers obstruct you.
I think it was Wilkin who pointed out that as soon as a break was on the support was there and the passes were on the button. Perfect practice makes perfect.