POST GAME Four Nations 2016 Week 2

[Big Pete]

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

 

[Big Pete]

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

NEW ZEALAND	AUSTRALIA
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	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
Coach: David Kidwell	Coach: Mal Meninga
Referee: Ben Cummins Sideline Official: Anthony Elliott & Joe Cobb Video Referee: Bernard Sutton	Venue: Ricoh Arena Kick-Off: 6:00am (Queensland Time) Broadcast: GEM

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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.