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Bones

Neat jersey.

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Catogrande

@Bones

Yeah nice. Is Cadbury an indigenous product?

Kiwiwomble

@Bones said in Australia V England - 2nd Test:

Neat jersey.

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agreed, its pretty sick

its funny the "new fans" coming on and raving about this brave new approach and thanking rennie from instigating it...no idea they've had variations on this jersey for years

KiwiMurph
Bones

@KiwiMurph it's not a serious question surely? Wobs won that in spite of Lolesio. He did bring a new string to his bow though - the ability to freely and easily give away penalties as well as crumble under the tiniest hint of pressure.

Kiwiwomble

@Bones said in Australia V England - 2nd Test:

@KiwiMurph it's not a serious question surely? Wobs won that in spite of Lolesio. He did bring a new string to his bow though - the ability to freely and easily give away penalties as well as crumble under the tiniest hint of pressure.

i didn;t actually watch much of the game but i thought id seen people raving about him...not so?

barbarian

Lolesio played really well. Barely made a mistake, defended well and out-kicked Farrell. For a last minute call-up it was damn impressive.

Bones

@Kiwiwomble said in Australia V England - 2nd Test:

@Bones said in Australia V England - 2nd Test:

@KiwiMurph it's not a serious question surely? Wobs won that in spite of Lolesio. He did bring a new string to his bow though - the ability to freely and easily give away penalties as well as crumble under the tiniest hint of pressure.

i didn;t actually watch much of the game but i thought id seen people raving about him...not so?

Wasn't the impression I got. I thought he gave away at least 3 dumb penalties. Maybe he played well when you compare to his usual standard.

Kiwiwomble

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glad we got that sorted 😉

Kiwiwomble

@Bones im not arguing either way, that just the first critique ive seen, doesn't read well

Bones

@Kiwiwomble said in Australia V England - 2nd Test:

@Bones im not arguing either way, that just the first critique ive seen, doesn't read well

I'm more than happy for them to continue with him. Brings a smile to my face to see he played really well.

barbarian

The YC and at least one Pen took place in the 78th after the game was won. Can't remember the other two, think one was for holding which you can hardly blame him for.

Yeah I mean... it's not like JOC has been in good form (or even fitness). Noah has been better than him all season including, crucially, kicking at a much higher percentage. So weird bone to pick Bones.

Kiwiwomble

@Kiwiwomble said in Australia v England - 2nd Test:

@Bones said in Australia V England - 2nd Test:

Neat jersey.

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agreed, its pretty sick

its funny the "new fans" coming on and raving about this brave new approach and thanking rennie from instigating it...no idea they've had variations on this jersey for years

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I could be tempted to get an old school All Blacks jersey like that, especially if they put like the old Adidas logo to really go with the theme

Dan54

I thought Lolesio had a bloody good game, I don't read stats just watch game, and he seemed to do everything I want a young 10 to do. Have been inpressed with him during super too.
I actually wonder if this was the breakout performance Rennie etc wanted, not saying he absolutely killed it, but looked for first time quite comfortable at this level, and thunk he will go forward with a lot more confidence going forward.

ACT Crusader

If playing well is getting the ball to Kerevi, then he played well…

I reckon Lolesio still stands too deep which means he doesn’t put doubt into the defenders mind of being a running threat. You want a young 1st 5 to be a threat with ball in hand and they should be taking on the line or at the very least setting up to do so.

Bones

@Dan54 we're talking about the same guy that choked in the final rounds? I got my "stats" from watching the game.

I'm not bone picking by the way, very happy for aus to continue with him.