The Virtual Terrace & RLWC2017 • GAME ON GROUP Qtr : England v Papua New Guinea - Sun - 05:00:00
Biff Tannen wrote:
He is obviously now going to stick with Bateman in LC, I assume simply for his defensive abilities, but I would really have liked to have seen him go with Percival there at least for this one. We have one of the best finishers in World rugby near the line in Ryan Hall but Bateman does not posses the centre skills or vision to give him enough time or space to work with so he is pretty much redundant in attack. Again, I like Bateman the back rower but a centre he is not and never will be.
Bateman is very good in defence when playing second row, but as a centre his decision making is embarrassing and thankfully if we play Tonga he wont be opposite Jennings who would rip him to shreds.
I really dont understand why Shenton was not taken, he won't beat his opposite man too often but has good defence and knows when to pass
Statistics: Posted by leedsnsouths — Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:37 pm — Replies 32 — Views 747