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King Prawn Bhuna wrote:Heinz was sharper than Youngs (the referees 4th assistant during the match) but Fijians were tiring fast so difficult to compare overall.
Some performance by England then, beating Tonga AND Fiji
For me, England made far too many basic handling errors against committed and quite dangerous opponents. Overall, a banana skin well avoided.
Wales looked very impressive yesterday.
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....and them too. 
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I thought it was Heinz worst performance in an England shirt but that largely due to lacklustre performance from everyone so not concerned by that. He’s been Very good so far. I don’t see him ousting Youngs at business end of tournament.
Only player I thought that staked a claim for selection was Joseph.
I’m sure we will see a different side on Thursday but come France and Arg I don’t see the side being much different from that that started on Sunday
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Team v USA
15 Elliot Daly
14 Ruaridh McConnochie
13 Jonathan Joseph
12 Piers Francis
11 Joe Cokanasiga
10 George Ford C
9 Willi Heinz
1 Joe Marler
2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
3 Dan Cole
4 Joe Launchbury
5 George Kruis
6 Tom Curry
7 Lewis Ludlum
8 Billy Vunipola
Subs
16 Jack Singleton
17 Ellis Genge
18 Kyle Sinckler
19 Courtney Lawes
20 Mark Wilson
21 Ben Youngs
22 Owen Farrell
23 Anthony Watson
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Sensible selection. I like it. Hope Coko goes well then EJ sees sense and moves Watson to 15. Not holding my breath tho
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Cory Hill of Wales and Ali Price of Scotland returning home injured.
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World Rugby has admitted there was a collective shortfall in refereeing standards across the opening weekend of the World Cup.
We've known that for years
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Some of this Samoan ‘tackling’ is disgraceful. 2 yellows, for both they’ve given mitigation as the ball carrier dipping. 1st one I get (just), the 2nd is a straight red all day long