I remember Sinfield having a couple of good games for GB in 2001(i think) playing at 9 at times.

To me he could well have found his position at international level there. It suits his game because he's got a good passing game and is a pretty clever player. It will also give him abit more time to get his kicks away without being closed down on the back of a bad dummy half pass.

He should take a leaf out of Cameron Smiths book when it comes to dummy half kicking........Awesome stuff yesterday.

Why is it that Aus can always find the space when kicking and we can't, Thurstons kicking is amazing and Smiths from dummy half is superb, it gives you a better option to kick early IMO.

Sinfield should play hooker next week if Tony Smith was watching the game.

Purely and simply it's thier sheer speed of the PTB. If you notice, in most tackles Australia find their elbows and knee's, which makes for a quicker PTB and more often than not a defensive line looking like a dog's back leg.

England get turned over onto thier backs thus slowing the PTB down and letting the opposition have more time to set their defensive line.

Are you Paul Cullen



You are correct though, its not rocket science, you can get up easier if you are not on your back. We let them dominate the collision too much sometimes.

Bloody knew some smart @rse would ask that

Some chap at the game kept screaming at the ref for letting the aussies hand on longer in the tackle..

But it was the fact there PTB was so much faster than ours. really hope MM can bring that into our game next season becauses a killer for defences

It really is the only thing he used to comment on though

For my next Paul Cullen impersonation - A,B,C defenders