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[2014 Mid-Year Tests] New Zealand vs England (3rd Test)
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<blockquote data-quote="Phlegm &amp; Poise" data-source="post: 654417" data-attributes="member: 42637"><p>I've found myself frustrated by the tour. It feels like an opportunity missed. I hate plaudits like 'they showed character in the second half'. To me they showed their true character in the first 40. Out-skilled I can cope with, but out-muscled, out-worked, out-mauled and out-rucked? </p><p></p><p>Positives: Yarde showed his eye for a gap. Youngs ran with the ball a couple of times. The emergence of the hooker. Cipriani and Haskell showed they've too much ability to permanently ignore.</p><p></p><p>Negatives: Mike Brown was awful. Absurd scheduling. Vunipola shown up. Too many players are really good on their day, but that day doesn't come consistently enough. Manu on the wing was a weird selection and the thinking in the centres was so confused.</p><p></p><p>England have a record against South Africa and New Zealand of about 20 matches with 1 win. "Serious contenders"?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Phlegm & Poise, post: 654417, member: 42637"] I've found myself frustrated by the tour. It feels like an opportunity missed. I hate plaudits like 'they showed character in the second half'. To me they showed their true character in the first 40. Out-skilled I can cope with, but out-muscled, out-worked, out-mauled and out-rucked? Positives: Yarde showed his eye for a gap. Youngs ran with the ball a couple of times. The emergence of the hooker. Cipriani and Haskell showed they've too much ability to permanently ignore. Negatives: Mike Brown was awful. Absurd scheduling. Vunipola shown up. Too many players are really good on their day, but that day doesn't come consistently enough. Manu on the wing was a weird selection and the thinking in the centres was so confused. England have a record against South Africa and New Zealand of about 20 matches with 1 win. "Serious contenders"? [/QUOTE]
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