Foran was at the Ivy nightclub on Saturday night getting up to mischief with some of his mates. Didn't look like he was resting up any injuries, just getting on it.
England vs New Zealand 1st test
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eagle chick
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All 3 games will be live on Fox Sports
HappilyManly
Journey Man
Fox 2 has the replay on from 8pm tonight
Fox 1 will have the Live 2nd test at 1:30am Sunday
Fox 1 will have the Live 2nd test at 1:30am Sunday
HoldenV8
Journey Man
The Kiwi forwards need to win the battle in London or the series is done for them regardless who their halves are. Even Johnson and Foran could have only done so much behind a beaten pack so expecting a makeshift pair like Peta and Lolohea to lead them to a win in Hull was a bit of an ask.
The reality about the first test was that the Kiwis started well but their old bug bear, stamina over 80 minutes, came back to hurt them.
The reality about the first test was that the Kiwis started well but their old bug bear, stamina over 80 minutes, came back to hurt them.
mozgrame
Engorged member
Kiwis reactions cost them dearly.
New Zealand lost Sunday's opening Test against England largely because they responded poorly to contentious officiating, according to experienced winger Jason Nightingale.
Video referees overturned the call from on-field official Ben Thaler that there had been a knock-on in the lead up to England hooker Josh Hodgson's 20th minute try in the home side's 26-12 win at KC Stadium.
And the decision to disallow centre Jordan Kahu a touchdown six minutes later, due to obstruction, was also extremely contentious.
"We dropped our heads," said St George Illawarra's Nightingale.
"I think we could have done a lot better to turn that into a positive rather than letting it be a negative.
"We've got to accept the rules which we're playing under. They're a little bit different than what we're used to in the NRL.
"But, yeah, we can't drop our heads. We let their momentum grow and that was our main problem."
While fans often blame match officials for defeats, Nightingale said it was more often the response to decisions by players that decide results.
"Exactly - it's how you react to everything," he said.
"We could have reacted better to their first try, which didn't look the best but it was a try.
"If we had more people around the ball and played to the whistle, we might have been able to stop it
"All those sort of things go into it but, yeah, our reaction is more important than the decision itself.
"And our reactions weren't good enough off that no-try, or in the second half, at all."
Nightingale said the appointment of Australian referee Gerard Sutton to the Second Test at London's Olympic Stadium on Sunday was good news for the tourists.
"Yeah, that will be interpretations that we're obviously more used to," he commented.
"I think maybe it should [always] be with a neutral ref but in saying that, we're playing in England and it should be okay to play to their conditions.
"It's just that ... the competitions are very similar but a bit different in a few areas as well."
Nightingale said offloads were "the only way to generate momentum under the one-ref system."
England players were given Monday off following their win while New Zealand moved base to London.
On Tuesday morning, they'll tour the capital in an open top bus.
http://www.nrl.com/kiwis-reactions-cost-them-dearly/tabid/10874/newsid/90737/default.aspx
New Zealand lost Sunday's opening Test against England largely because they responded poorly to contentious officiating, according to experienced winger Jason Nightingale.
Video referees overturned the call from on-field official Ben Thaler that there had been a knock-on in the lead up to England hooker Josh Hodgson's 20th minute try in the home side's 26-12 win at KC Stadium.
And the decision to disallow centre Jordan Kahu a touchdown six minutes later, due to obstruction, was also extremely contentious.
"We dropped our heads," said St George Illawarra's Nightingale.
"I think we could have done a lot better to turn that into a positive rather than letting it be a negative.
"We've got to accept the rules which we're playing under. They're a little bit different than what we're used to in the NRL.
"But, yeah, we can't drop our heads. We let their momentum grow and that was our main problem."
While fans often blame match officials for defeats, Nightingale said it was more often the response to decisions by players that decide results.
"Exactly - it's how you react to everything," he said.
"We could have reacted better to their first try, which didn't look the best but it was a try.
"If we had more people around the ball and played to the whistle, we might have been able to stop it
"All those sort of things go into it but, yeah, our reaction is more important than the decision itself.
"And our reactions weren't good enough off that no-try, or in the second half, at all."
Nightingale said the appointment of Australian referee Gerard Sutton to the Second Test at London's Olympic Stadium on Sunday was good news for the tourists.
"Yeah, that will be interpretations that we're obviously more used to," he commented.
"I think maybe it should [always] be with a neutral ref but in saying that, we're playing in England and it should be okay to play to their conditions.
"It's just that ... the competitions are very similar but a bit different in a few areas as well."
Nightingale said offloads were "the only way to generate momentum under the one-ref system."
England players were given Monday off following their win while New Zealand moved base to London.
On Tuesday morning, they'll tour the capital in an open top bus.
http://www.nrl.com/kiwis-reactions-cost-them-dearly/tabid/10874/newsid/90737/default.aspx
Shoe1
Journey Man
Manly will only use him as part of the attacking team, when we are in possession.
Jerry1
First Grader
I tip England to win the first one...
England should win this series comfortably 3-0, absolute disgrace that Kearney has Marshall sitting back here
Nordburg
First Grader
Pretty sure Benji is injured
Na he was definitely available, Kearney isn't picking him due to something that happened 4-5 years ago
****ing stupid decision and they'll get hammered 3-0 as a result, Kearney should be sacked over the decision !!
Oh and I watched the replay last night and sorry but Hiku isn't our 5/8 solution.
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