It is a nice touch, but is it just me that thinks it’s also mind games at the same time? Same with the guard of honour - anything that gets the champions onto the beach will help them.
Think they mentioned about there being a cross wind so might explain the poor final balls being delivered .. also the absence of George
Looking at the rest of the bench, he's presumably another young forward? We've had two others (Chadwick and another) appear this season, has he moved ahead of them in the pecking order? Shows a lot of strength in depth coming through
All pretty comfortable without being dangerous. No real threat though. Wilkes being given loads of space with Whyte dragging the left back inside. Need to do a bit more from that side really.