Robshaw crocked as is Underhill and Ben Curry. Should be OK for the next game.

Great to see England attacking.

Excellent start to Solomona’s international career 😯

Excellent start to Solomona’s international career

Started a while ago…

I was born in Auckland but growing up with my grandparents, all they talk about is Samoa, and I am playing on behalf of my family representing this country and myself as well…..
It’s always a privilege to play for your country and especially here in front of the whole country, so nothing better than that

Some great kicking from Ford tonight. He’s been flakey every time I’ve seen him this season.

Nightmare few minutes for England. Argentinian backs look very very good and they’re happy to attack from anywhere. Pack is starting to blow a bit too.

Solomona having a mare, but as far as I’m concerned he shouldn’t be there. Ford seems to have packed his place kit caking boots though. Line out had been very suspect.

#scrumporn

Flashy there are as yet undiscovered tribes in the Peruvian jungle that knew you were going to make that joke 😉

In other news, Tom Curry is my new man crush!

What an incredible game for the neutral, loving the Pumas quick ball.

Well, that’s why England want Solomona!!!

WELL PLAYED SAMOA!

🙂

Solomona having a mare,

Yep

but as far as I’m concerned he shouldn’t be there

God save the queen!!

Cracking performance by England

He must be proud to be playing for his country, that’s all.

Despite not being able to tackle, Solomona saving our bacon? Always rated him 😉

What….a…..game!!!!!

Flashy – get over it. Every team has them.

God save the queen!!

He really shouldn’t though given his shady switch to union etc.

Hopefully Solomona will use his appearance fee to buy some boots with proper studs.

Not isually a fan of these “B” team tours but will watch the highlights of that one, sounds like quite a game.

Lions funny old world really. Farrell at 10 and T’eo a potential starter. I guess being politically correct you can say Gatland is his own man

Grand game.

Pisstaking the mercenary turncoat aside, Argentina lost that game by taking the drop goal. Take the scrum from the penalty, while away three or four minutes and then take the penalty try. Win. Otherwise, a very enjoyable game for a neutral! Played well, reffed well, and exciting to the end.

Every team has them.

Really? Every team has someone who is so proud to play for their country, only to decide they change their country for the cash. Every team? I suppose Wales HAD Shane Howarth, who had no place playing in a red shirt, but that was a while ago, thankfully. Still, you say that every team has them…..

Whatever happened to Lesley Vainokolo and Shontayne Hape, by the way?

LOOOOOL.
Argentina lost that game by doing loads of brilliant fancy stuff but not doing the basics well. Their infringement around the BD gave too many pens. Their naivety at the scrum in the first half stuffed them. Too many unforced errors.

Whatever happened to Lesley Vainokolo and Shontayne Hape, by the way?

Fair points, Riki Flutey and a good few others too. Best we don’t get into birth places though CFH? 😉
Even with that lot, we were crap then, and wales were pretty good. It’s not like that now.

I wasn’t born in Wales, but I qualify to play for Wales. That ship may have sailed, mind you! 😀

I wasn’t born in Wales, but I qualify to play for Wales.

You and a bloody good few others mate! I would have qualified for England, Ireland, Malta and Germany if I was any good.

I forgot to mention Henry Slade. What a rugby player.
Maybe one day we’ll see Ford-Farrell-Slade….

I qualify for England – if I’d been any good – or Scotland – if I’d been rubbish.

What a great win for England mainly 2nd/3rd string against Argentina 1st.

Mike Brown was pish though. He NEVER passes the ball. Does my head in.

So to clarify DanW…..your first pick 10-13 is a number 9?

lolz 😆 Excuse my mis-type as the disbelief of the possibility of Te’o as a Test starter 😆

On the plus side the England game was a good watch

Sorry – I forgot Christiaan Johan Stander is a fine upstanding Munsterman. Scotland never imported any Kiwis & NZ/Aus never steal any Pacific Islanders.

Only English imports are singled out for the STW wrath.

I shan’t respond in this matter anymore, because it’s urltterly pointless. You qualify, you can play – move on.

Good to see Slade playing well again. The wider channels seem to be suiting him.

CJ Stander never played a full international* for South Africa.

*Code or age group isn’t the issue. Martin Johnson played a game for the NZ u20s from memory. The issue is that England keep bringing in code-switching/flag-switching mercenaries.

(And yes, Dan, I know this ruins my chance of an upgrade! 😉 )

NZ/Aus never steal any Pacific Islanders.

They do. And I have voiced my hatred of this many times on here. It’s a disgrace.

No it doesn’t, but I might nick your cheese & biscuits!!

That’s acceptable. Touch my port, however, and we may have an incident.

I’ll make sure it’s in the chiller!! 😉

England players make more money thats why Solomona, Teo, Hughes and the Welsh Vunipola play for them. At least Moriarty realised before he was totally comsumed by the dark side!

Team: Payne; Nowell, Seymour; Joseph, Henshaw, Biggar; Webb; Marker, Best, Sinckler; Lawes, Henderson; Haskell, Warburton (captain), Stander

Replacements: Owens, McGrath, Cole, Jones, Tipuric, Laidlaw, Farrell, Daly.

Dirt tracker tastic

Mike Brown was pish though. He NEVER passes the ball. Does my head in.

He did actually pass it….once in the first half! I early fell off my chair when he did!

Will Jones look at Watson at 15 soon. Him at 15 with Nowel, May and Solomona as Wings??

Bring back Banahanahanahan I say!!!

I go for Daly over any of the other options.

Oh yeah forgot about him!!!
Damn you Englush and your strength in depth!!
Still we’ve got calamity cuthbert the ball dropping, tackle missing wonder winger!

Id agree with Wrecker – Watson at 15, Nowell and Daly. With two of Farrell, Teo and JJ in the centres its a pretty tasty set of backs for the RWC with plenty of caps when theyve got there. Something England havent had for a while.

Strong Lions bench for Tuesday!

Looking at the team for tuesday and thinking about the Maori team as the test dress reharsal I reckon current thinking is

Hogg
Watson
Davies
Faz/Teo
Faz/Sexton
North
Murray
Faletau
Warburton/SOB
POM/Warburton
Itoje
Kruis
Cole/Furlong
George
McGrath

I would prefer Joseph at 13 as we will need pace in defence and I wouldnt be suprised to see 1/2p start either as I doubt we are going to run their legs off.