RugbyRebels

TJs: Lauren Jenner & Maria Beatrice


Fiji:
1. Iris Verebalavu
2. Vika Matarugu
3. Siteri Rasolea
4. Asinate Serevi
5. Sereima Leweniqila
6. Sulita Waisega
7. Ema Adivitaloga
8. Karalaini Naisewa

9. Lavena Cavuru
10. Merewalesi Rokouono
11. Vitalina Naikore
12. Sesenieli Donu
13. Raijieli Laqeretabua
14. Alowesi Nakoci
15. Roela Radiniyavuni

16. Bitila Tawake
17. Bulou Vasuturaga
18. Mereoni Namositava
19. Merevesi Ofakimalino
20. Raijieli Daveua
21. Akosita Ravato
22. Ana Roqica
23. Melaia Matanatabu


England:
1. Vickii Cornborough
2. Amy Cokayne
3. Sarah Bern
4. Zoe Aldcroft
5. Abbie Ward
6. Alex Matthews
7. Sadia Kabeya
8. Sarah Hunter

9. Leanne Infante
10. Zoe Harrison
11. Claudia MacDonald
12. Helena Rowland
13. Emily Scarratt
14. Lydia Thompson
15. Ellie Kildunne

16. Connie Powell
17. Hannah Botterman
18. Maud Muir
19. Cath O'Donnell
20. Poppy Cleall
21. Lucy Packer
22. Holly Aitchison
23. Abby Dow

England should stick 60 points on Fiji

The Fiji team. The back three are particularly dangerous.

Do we want this thread here? or in the EMB?
Equally - do you want separate threads for each match? each pool? each weekend? or just one continues WRWC thread?


On this match, specifically, we've gone pretty strong here, and with France next weekend, we won't want to get caught cold. Build a score, get the bench on early, and look to build an aura, and some sharpness (and we looked to have both in the warm-ups).
Can do some rotation against SA - who are better than Fiji, but shouldn't be a problem, meaning that everyone should have had a run-out ahead of the QFs

I'm taking a liberal attitude to this. i.e. do whatever you want

UKHamlet wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 10:55 amI'm taking a liberal attitude to this. i.e. do whatever you want

We're still feeling our way around the board's lady parts, we have a lot of learning to do, what goes where etc - I'm sure we'll get better with experience.

Which Tyler wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 10:43 am Do we want this thread here? or in the EMB?
Equally - do you want separate threads for each match? each pool? each weekend? or just one continues WRWC thread?

As we've got this board, we ought to use it. I'd be in favour of separate threads for every England match and see what the interest levels are for the others.

Puja

Sooooo who is getting up at silly o’clock to watch England?

I'm insomniac, so am often up at 4ish anyway - unfortunately I'm at the back end of a spell, so managing to sleep through to 6 the last couple of days - If I'm up anyway, then I'll watch; I'm really torn as to whether to set an alarm and potentially rob me of what sleep I can get.

It's set to record either way, obviously.

A bit more of a drubbing than I anticipated

Well just watched - nevwr as fun to talk about when we're all watching at different times.

Fiji looked decent, England looked a little shocked, and a touch rusty in the first half.
Second half... well, Fiji we're knackered by all that defending, whilst England knocked off the rust, and any complacency at HT, and just pulled away.

Promising for the rest of the tourney, and I'd have Kabeya as WotM.

Interesting that the South Africa, France and Fiji had piped in anthems with vocals, England had piped in music and no vocals, whilst Aus and NZ had singers out there...