Lee Smith and Keith Senior played on the opposite side facing Jason Nightingale. Paul Sykes and Mark Calderwood lined up against Jerome Ropati and Manu Vatuvai.
Here is the report from the BBC
news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 714017.stm
[i but the Kiwis hit back on 14 minutes when Paul Sykes missed Jerome Ropati and Vatuvei crashed over in the corner for the first of his tries. [/i
[iPaul Sykes struggled in the back line and on 55 minutes he was caught out of position which allowed Vatuvai to complete his hat-trick. [/i
[ifive minutes later Keith Senior beat off winger Jason Nightingale and he passed into the supporting Burrow to give him a clear run to the line. [/i

and from the Guardian www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/no ... leagueteam
[i....... should return with Ade Gardner, whose absence from the right wing proved the most obviously damaging of all.

Mark Calderwood, his original replacement, looked worryingly out of his depth, not surprisingly as he was more than four stone lighter than his opposite number, Manu Vatuvei. But it was an ankle injury to Paul Wellens late in the first half that marked the start of England's decline, as in the ensuing reshuffle the utility back Paul Sykes moved from centre to wing.

Sykes, who had been found wanting in defence in the build-up to Vatuvei's first try, was then even more embarrassingly exposed in the second half by a couple of floated passes from New Zealand's full-back Lance Hohaia that allowed the big wing to complete the softest hat-trick of his career. [/i

Next time you are at the game, try watching it a bit closer. Uate himself said he moved over there with RL in mind [iThe Fijian-born Uate, who hails from Votua and Nadroga, moved to Australia as a 15-year old to live with his father on New South Wales' Central Coast, "He wanted me to get better schooling...and for footy,'' he said.[/i
We have been through this already
Clearly more than you if you think Rob Burrow's success at Hooker has been through quick scoots at the play the ball, it hasnt it has been by targetting tired props and squeezing through tiny gaps. Burrow does what only Burrow can do because he creates those gaps, they generally dont come around the ruck but further in field and from going to the line and leaving the defender in two minds as to whether he would pass or duck through the tackle. Burrow isnt big enough or strong enough to just steal easy metres around the ruck. Maybe you are confusing him with someone else?
Of course, there is no way, JP or James Graham could keep up physically with machines like Steve Pitchford and Brendan Hill

Lee Smith and Keith Senior played on the opposite side facing Jason Nightingale. Paul Sykes and Mark Calderwood lined up against Jerome Ropati and Manu Vatuvai.
Here is the report from the BBC
news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 714017.stm
[i but the Kiwis hit back on 14 minutes when Paul Sykes missed Jerome Ropati and Vatuvei crashed over in the corner for the first of his tries. [/i
[iPaul Sykes struggled in the back line and on 55 minutes he was caught out of position which allowed Vatuvai to complete his hat-trick. [/i
[ifive minutes later Keith Senior beat off winger Jason Nightingale and he passed into the supporting Burrow to give him a clear run to the line. [/i

and from the Guardian www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/no ... leagueteam
[i....... should return with Ade Gardner, whose absence from the right wing proved the most obviously damaging of all.

Mark Calderwood, his original replacement, looked worryingly out of his depth, not surprisingly as he was more than four stone lighter than his opposite number, Manu Vatuvei. But it was an ankle injury to Paul Wellens late in the first half that marked the start of England's decline, as in the ensuing reshuffle the utility back Paul Sykes moved from centre to wing.

Sykes, who had been found wanting in defence in the build-up to Vatuvei's first try, was then even more embarrassingly exposed in the second half by a couple of floated passes from New Zealand's full-back Lance Hohaia that allowed the big wing to complete the softest hat-trick of his career. [/i

Next time you are at the game, try watching it a bit closer. Uate himself said he moved over there with RL in mind [iThe Fijian-born Uate, who hails from Votua and Nadroga, moved to Australia as a 15-year old to live with his father on New South Wales' Central Coast, "He wanted me to get better schooling...and for footy,'' he said.[/i
We have been through this already
Clearly more than you if you think Rob Burrow's success at Hooker has been through quick scoots at the play the ball, it hasnt it has been by targetting tired props and squeezing through tiny gaps. Burrow does what only Burrow can do because he creates those gaps, they generally dont come around the ruck but further in field and from going to the line and leaving the defender in two minds as to whether he would pass or duck through the tackle. Burrow isnt big enough or strong enough to just steal easy metres around the ruck. Maybe you are confusing him with someone else?
Of course, there is no way, JP or James Graham could keep up physically with machines like Steve Pitchford and Brendan Hill

Try watching the video rather than relying on someone else's match report. Vatuvei ran over Ellis and Smith to ground the ball for his first try. Calderwood switched wings for most of the 2nd half to play alongside Senior on the left. What Smith was doing during Vatuvei's 2nd and 3rd tries is anyone's guess apart from having a perfect close-up view of both and pointing the finger at others defensive errors. Smith was roaming everywhere and nowhere during that game like a headless chicken, as well being out of position for Nightingale's 1st half try. Smith was dropped for the Semi Final a week later in favour of Gardner and Calderwood. I wonder why?


Nope, his own motivation was running in the olympics.

[url=http://www.islandsbusiness.com/fiji_business/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleMiddle/focusModuleID=19419/overideSkinName=issueArticle-full.tpl[uIn his boyhood, Uate dreamt not of playing in the NRL, but running in the Olympics..."I always used to love watching the Olympics, the 200 metres and 400 metres,'' Uate said. But Uate's athletic ability could not go unnoticed. The lure of Olympic medals and the running track almost stole him. With little more than a year's worth of track sprinting experience, the teenager travelled to Homebush and ran 100 metres in 10.9sec at the 2005 NSW Combined High Schools carnival. "When I came here, it was heaps hard to choose between running and league,'' he said. "I used to catch the train straight after school from the Central Coast and travel to Newcastle for SG Ball training every afternoon, then travel back at around 11 o'clock at night. "I did it for two years. I had to make one decision, and that was to play rugby league.[/u[/url

I'm pleased we've established that the Fijian Ringer (your words) wasn't a ringer at all but an Australian produced rugby league player whose personal dreams and motivation for moving to Australia - along with schooling - was to be a sprinter in the Olympics and not the NRL.


And the English players you claim are better have failed to back it up on the international stage.


You must have missed his quick scoots from dummy half in wide open space which were instrumental in Leeds Grand Final victory last year.


Interesting choices for comparison purposes. No agenda there obviously

Try watching the video rather than relying on someone else's match report. Vatuvei ran over Ellis and Smith to ground the ball for his first try. Calderwood switched wings for most of the 2nd half to play alongside Senior on the left. What Smith was doing during Vatuvei's 2nd and 3rd tries is anyone's guess apart from having a perfect close-up view of both and pointing the finger at others defensive errors. Smith was roaming everywhere and nowhere during that game like a headless chicken, as well being out of position for Nightingale's 1st half try. Smith was dropped for the Semi Final a week later in favour of Gardner and Calderwood. I wonder why?


Nope, his own motivation was running in the olympics.

[url=http://www.islandsbusiness.com/fiji_business/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleMiddle/focusModuleID=19419/overideSkinName=issueArticle-full.tpl[uIn his boyhood, Uate dreamt not of playing in the NRL, but running in the Olympics..."I always used to love watching the Olympics, the 200 metres and 400 metres,'' Uate said. But Uate's athletic ability could not go unnoticed. The lure of Olympic medals and the running track almost stole him. With little more than a year's worth of track sprinting experience, the teenager travelled to Homebush and ran 100 metres in 10.9sec at the 2005 NSW Combined High Schools carnival. "When I came here, it was heaps hard to choose between running and league,'' he said. "I used to catch the train straight after school from the Central Coast and travel to Newcastle for SG Ball training every afternoon, then travel back at around 11 o'clock at night. "I did it for two years. I had to make one decision, and that was to play rugby league.[/u[/url

I'm pleased we've established that the Fijian Ringer (your words) wasn't a ringer at all but an Australian produced rugby league player whose personal dreams and motivation for moving to Australia - along with schooling - was to be a sprinter in the Olympics and not the NRL.


And the English players you claim are better have failed to back it up on the international stage.


You must have missed his quick scoots from dummy half in wide open space which were instrumental in Leeds Grand Final victory last year.


Interesting choices for comparison purposes. No agenda there obviously