Re: England v France : Thu Oct 18, 2018 12:00 pm  

I'd have to watch it back to be sure but at the time he seemed to get closed down fairly quickly by the French and was maybe better hanging onto it than throwing out a low percentage pass in traffic that ended up going nowhere - that quite a few players did last night.

Re: England v France : Thu Oct 18, 2018 12:43 pm  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

I thought Lyne had a decent game but I wished he'd given the ball to MacGillivray after that break down the right wing.

They never showed a replay but MacG was on his inside. May or may not have got tackled but RL should have passed.
Good performance by Tom Johnstone. Great to score hat trick especially since the only other times he touched the ball were from acting half back.

Re: England v France : Thu Oct 18, 2018 1:54 pm  

metallicat wrote:

They never showed a replay but MacG was on his inside. May or may not have got tackled but RL should have passed.
Good performance by Tom Johnstone. Great to score hat trick especially since the only other times he touched the ball were from acting half back.

Looked to be a bit of a risky pass as there were a few bodies around, and probably the right decision to hang on (first tackle, I think). I think we scored from that set? So, right decision...

I did think that the more streamlined Lyne of 3 or 4 seasons back would've scored - he's quick for a big bloke now, but he used to be lightning fast.

Re: England v France : Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:49 pm  

Not seen a replay but at the time I though Mcgilvary was caught short, don't suppose he was expecting Reece to do them on the outside and by the time he'd made up ground Reece was having to check his run and was closed out by the defense.
Should have gone on his own and not checked his run, mcgilvary wasn't there at the time the decision had to be made.

course....I could be completely wrong about that..

Ollie Holmes had a banging game in that first half.

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Re: England v France : Thu Oct 18, 2018 4:13 pm  

Reece was right not to pass in my opinion.
Too much traffic and a try was always on the next couple of plays.
Everyone would have said he was rubbish if he'd passed and the ball went to ground.

Re: England v France : Thu Oct 18, 2018 4:43 pm  

Upanunder wrote:

Its because Percival is a lone ranger, he's not a feeding Centre.
Ok, if you're gonna have him in the team for that, he'd better make it count otherwise any decent Centre would be a more fruitful option.

It's not as if Lyne is a wingers centre either. He will, more often than not, back himself to score than pass.

Re: England v France : Thu Oct 18, 2018 7:27 pm  

I'll bet Percival was under Saints orders to keep TJ frozen out to aid Makinsons standing.

Re: England v France : Thu Oct 18, 2018 7:30 pm  

Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo wrote:

I'll bet Percival was under Saints orders to keep TJ frozen out to aid Makinsons standing.

Never got a single pass off Percival

Re: England v France : Thu Oct 18, 2018 9:53 pm  

Well worth the trip over to Leigh (especially as the live stream was so poor).
Unbelievable debut from Johnstone, took his tries really well and he fully deserved the MoM

Also though that Lyne had an excellent game, got through plenty of work in defence and looked pretty strong with ball in hand.

It would be great if they both get some game time against the Kiwis and Johnstone would be more difficult to overlook

Re: England v France : Thu Oct 18, 2018 10:20 pm  

knowing Wayne from over here -don't read anything into what he says in the press