Re: England vs Samoa : Mon Oct 28, 2024 4:56 pm  

I have a feeling Luke will com in for Havard and Junior in on the bench in place of Knowles. Having two 13's may have been insurance/planned knowing that Radley hasn't had much game time due to his recent injury and early exit from the play offs. Hopefully better for it next week and we get a full 80 mins from him.

Re: England vs Samoa : Mon Oct 28, 2024 5:40 pm  

Stu M wrote:

Sorry meant to quote this one

Not trying to turn this into a Saints v Wigan argument but Lees was the only forward bar Radley to run more than 100m and he also made 25 tackles in his 40 min stint

He had a decent game yesterday.

Lees should at least be on the bench , Burgess should be the one dropped for Thompson

Re: England vs Samoa : Mon Oct 28, 2024 6:46 pm  

Thought Lees went ok can't see him being dropped from the 17.
Think Waney will go with Thompson and Burgess as staring props.
I'd be very surprised to see Nsemba selected as this is his first season in SL. Perhaps Wane brought him into the squad to let him know what an International squad is. Their abilities, standards and expectations.
Feel Ashton will keep his place and Marshy will sit this one out too.