How much experience does he need? He's been in the team for years,. He was just a part of the switch-off that happened to most of the guys out there. Too busy trying to deal with our lousy let-them-run defence. And stopped being 'in' the game and ended up watching it.
That's where he normally defends in that position, Suualii was still on at that point
I couldn't see anything in the replay that showed his wrist in contact in the tackle, a stinger seems to make more sense
He playing a really different role at the moment.
I thought that was exactly why we used him ie a dual fullback role. I have never heard this sbefore Strewth and if true seems a strange way to use an ex fullback.
But few here wanted Swain or Swinton to play for the Wallabies, a couple called for a permanent ban on them as too aggressive. Yet look at how NZ deal with Scott Barrett or SA with Etzebeth. They know that an overly aggressive youngster will grow into a controlled aggression player, we don't.
So he missed around one third of his tackles and you want to bin him, yet in the England match Sua'ali'i missed half his tackles and was apparently a god. Even in the thirty minutes in this match he attempted around four of five, made one or two, injured himself in another by leading with the shoulder, and had two other shoulder charges - the first one of which he shoud have been penalised for. He gave away a penalty for being way offside in defence even after the Ref yelled at him at least twice to stop. At the moment he is possibly the team's biggest defensive liability, although this will hopefully improve with time once he can eradicate his League instincts..
There is a difference between aggression and doing some of the dumbest shit you've seen a professional player do on a rugby field.
Yes Lolesio kicked poorly I thought particularly with his line kicking. We really struggled to exit our half at times. Compared to Russell, Lolesio was only gaining minimal distance with his kicks. Donaldson’s roost 50m downfield was a beauty.
No! I've seen a lot worse, I suspect so have you if you were taking notice, some of the stuff Barrett has done would put him out to pasture in Aus.
Lolesio has a very weak boot for international standards
I suspect Lolesio looks best on the training paddock and when the pack is going forward. When everything is average or worse he is a liability as last night proved. It was not him who lost the game for us that is down to the pack.
He doesn't always but it seems to be getting a little worse, if anything. I remember being pretty impressed with some of his out of hand kicking when he first started.
he absolutely hammered him. that was a massive hit.
Just as most 10s look good behind a good pack, most 10s also look rubbish behind a rubbish pack.
Oh, and when might we do that? Just one lead in test before the BIL.
I fully get the point you're making about Noah, but, we should be asking a lot more from or other backs to do this.