I think defence will very much be the issue

never quoted you as saying you had friend!! however I simply said that I do not believe they are that far apart if anything at all!!
I remember someone once saying on TV years ago " I cant see how this little welsh fellow will cope with the power and size of the Australian captain"
that little welsh fellow creamed him all match and scored one of the greatest trys of all time for Gt Britain at wembley against the then all conquering Oz team!!
(was a better player than a pundit tho)
so my point is that Briscoe will play against what is in front of him and lets be fair Briscoe hits well above his weight also
He will be ok

that is of course if you believe like everyone else that we will be camped in our 20 all match!!! which i do not believe we will be!
If we can play the ball quickly we can beat their line speed and keep turning them around
FWIW I think that tomorrow will see the emergence of three world class young players gaining plaudits from all over the globe!!

good luck to the three of the young kids!!

We don't need to be camped in our 20 for defence to be key. Missing a one on one tackle in their 20 could easily lead to a try against the aussies. I don't think we have the intensity in defence to put them under the pressure we need to

I cant see us scoring many points against the Australians. They are far superior in the backs and our only hope is that it is belting down with rain throughout the match and it turns into a forward battle even then I think we will struggle to contend with them.
I personally think the Australians will target Tom Briscoe from the cross field kicks as for me it's his weakest part of the game that needs developing. Thank god Israel Folau isnt playing against him!

exactly, inglis is the world's best centre, we dont have anyone who can front up to him if he is on form

I think as always , as most British fans do you have misunderestimated and easily done, Burgess etc the quality we have, its always too easy to look at Oz and say they are superior etc etc, maybe they have led the world at national level but the domestic stuff has been much closer as seen in the recent years start of season war between the UK & Oz champs, this I believe is now starting to show with the emergence of such tallents as Briscoe and the other kids, place that alongside the big guns we undoubtedly have in our pack and i believe its an evens match to be honest

Im a fairly positive bloke but i'll have what your on i think.

And thats not me knocking what weve got, because i think its better than weve had for a while, i just think that while we're re-building for the future the aussies had a head start and are half way there.

I dare say the Aussies will be targeting Briscoe on tomorrows game will be a big test for the lad

You are either piissed or taking the piiss. Nice try

Nah that's Mal Meninga he's talking about.

Im 100% confident that in 10 years time we will refer to Inglis as a legend of the game like Meninga.

At half time during this afternoon's game, there is an interview with Sean Long on Radio Five Live Sports Extra.

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If you have digital TV, flick over to Sky channel 0144 or Freeview channel 706.

shock horror , this forum shows no faith in anything again surprise NOT!!!
not pished or on anything, just watch through non tinted glasses thats all, I have eternal faith that we can as a club and as a nation compete at the highest level, both the club and country just need to have belief and confidence and all the NRL is a superior comp crapp really gets my goat, having watch some 5 years of it a while back every week I have to say that there are as many games in the NRL that image a slog between Batley and Dewsbury I assure you as there are spectacle games, .
England have all they need to compete and some great lads in this team, and for once a coach that has picked the team on form not reputation.
COME ON LADS LETS BACK EM FOR ONCE, NOT KNOCK EM
COME ON ENGLAND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

correcto !!!
Jonathon davies made him look way second best and he was the smallest man on the park apart from Edwards that day I recal..
Class does not mean big !!
Use Beep beep for example.........

Unfortunately the smaller players are tending to struggle more at the elite level now. Rob Burrow now seems to be out of the picture at International level.

I remember the 94 game at wembley when Mr Edwards nearly took Bradley Clydes head off and it was a game of true british grit.

Aye....saved a certain try and fired us up.....Davies scored right in the corner we was sat and was a superb try....Mullins was supposed to be fast but Davies took him on the outside and left him grasping fresh air.

Cheers for that. Is this a big day for you BTW? Seem to remember you saying you hit the big 4-0 around this time?

Yes it's my 40th birthday today Mrs B.



Your's too in a couple of weeks I believe.

Happy Birthday Mr YouHull!

Cheers.



I've just about given up on my childhood dream of playing for Hull. I'm far too old and my back plays me up.

Then again...

good luck to young Briscoe

hopefully he can do England proud today.

Thought it was - hope you're having a good one



My sensitive work colleagues have reminded me that I too will shortly be entering my 5th decade.