England RL

[Nash the Shark]

Well i would assume we will have a thread dedicated to the World Cup later but just thought id start this thread as this Friday England have a warm up match against Wales (Which includes several Crusaders)....so first the England Team


England side to face Wales in the Gillette Fusion International:

1. Shaun Briscoe (Hull KR)
2. Peter Fox (Hull KR)
3. Michael Shenton (Castleford Tigers)
4. Paul Sykes (Bradford Bulls)
5. Mark Calderwood (Wigan Warriors)
6. Martin Gleeson (Warrington Wolves)
7. Richard Myler (Salford City Reds)
8. Stuart Fielden (Wigan Warriors)
9. Mickey Higham (Wigan Warriors)
10. Louie McCarthy Scarsbrook (Harlequins RL)
11. Gareth Hock (Wigan Warriors)
12. Ben Westwood (Warrington Wolves)
13. Rob Purdham (Harlequins RL)
14. David Hodgson (Huddersfield Giants)
15. Jamie Langley (Bradford Bulls)
16. Darrell Griffin (Huddersfield Giants)
17. Tony Clubb (Harlequins RL)
18. Ryan Atkins (Wakefield Wildcats)

and the Welsh boys ....

1. Andy Bracek ( Warrington Wolves)
2. Geraint Davies ( Celtic Crusaders)
3. Gil Dudson ( Celtic Crusaders)
4. Ben Flower (Celtic Crusaders)
5. Damien Gibson ( Halifax)
6.Rhys Griffiths (Castleford Tigers)
7. Dave Halley (Bradford Bulls)
8. Aled James ( Celtic Crusaders)
9. Jordan James (Celtic Crusaders)
10. Craig Kopzcak ( Bradford Bulls)
11. Mark Lennon ( Celtic Crusaders)
12. David Mills (C) ( Hull Kingston Rovers)
13. Sean Penkywicz ( Halifax)
14. Barrie Phillips (Celtic Crusaders)
15. Robert Roberts (Oldham )
16. Ian Watson (Leigh Centurions)
17. Ian Webster (Celtic Crusaders)
18. Lee Williams (Celtic Crusaders)
19 Rhys Williams ( Warrington Wolves)


would u like a Nash "Special " report on the game ?????

 

[shrek69]

Who are the coaches of England & Wales?

 

[Inferno]

11. Mark Lennon ( Celtic Crusaders)

Didn't he spend a little bit of time with us last season?

 

[Megashark]

Who are the coaches of England & Wales?

Tony Smith (brother of Brian) is the Pommie coach, don't know about Wales.

Didn't he spend a little bit of time with us last season?

It was a couple of seasons back I think...

 

[Nash the Shark]

The coach of Wales is the Crusaders coach....John Dixon an Aussie who used to be with the Broncos back room staff few years back ,,.....been with Crusaders since the start

 

[Nash the Shark]

Well the Result was a bit of a formality lol

England 74 - 0 Wales

England ran in 14 tries this evening to thrash a young Welsh outfit and it did really look like pros against amateurs at times ...All credit to wales tho for the first few sets they held there own and battled hard but England were just too strong ....god knows what the score might have been if this was the full strength England team but the St Helens and Leeds players were rested after last weeks Grand Final ......so its off over the big puddle now to do battle with the other nations who qualified for the World Cup lets hope for a great England tournament ....and please not too much animosity towards me when we beat you lot :cheers:lmao:lmao:lmao

 

[Lettuce_Sharks]

i think if we'rea ll honest, the World cup can only be won by one of 2 teams, 3 if youer being generous, those are Australia, England and NZ are an outside chance....

 

[bort]

i think if we'rea ll honest, the World cup can only be won by one of 2 teams, 3 if youer being generous, those are Australia, England and NZ are an outside chance....

true
but the island teams are pretty strong and should make for some good pool b&c action

 

[Nash the Shark]

Yes i agree but as i said before im just a bit worried about our strength in depth ??? But very much looking forward to the competition starting and we have all games live as well....hope PNG do well as I saw them against Wales last year ....

 

[bort]

Yes i agree but as i said before im just a bit worried about our strength in depth ??? But very much looking forward to the competition starting and we have all games live as well....hope PNG do well as I saw them against Wales last year ....

they may struggle a bit

 

[Nash the Shark]

Yes I realise that but I do enjoy watching Stanley Gene play and in John Wilshire they have a very capable try scorer and kicker