Roby scored a nice individual try and orchestrated the 15 or so mins where Aus couldn't handle England playing their style of football through the mid-field (ignoring their incompetency inside the 20).
Smith has done nothing of the sort during the WC and is a bit part player in the best drilled team in the NRL. Slater and Cronk lead Melbourne. Remember the Dragons game when they played 12 against 11? Farah, Roby et al would have had a field day. Smith was throwing balls to ground and didn't know what to do without his key men running the same set plays as usual.
If Smith has the same short kicking game as Farah then I'm not here. I can't remember the last time he set up a try or earned a repeat set. Farah does it week in week out with a crocked back, useless coach and surrounded by a bunch of dummies.
Smith, whilst being better than the utterly useless Buderus (how funny is it watching him trying to suck the markers in when he accelerates and steps like a b-double) has none of the acceleration or slight of hand other, better hookers display when rolling a pack. Sure, he brings his big men through well, but can you imagine him doing it at the Tigers?
Smith has done nothing of the sort during the WC and is a bit part player in the best drilled team in the NRL. Slater and Cronk lead Melbourne. Remember the Dragons game when they played 12 against 11? Farah, Roby et al would have had a field day. Smith was throwing balls to ground and didn't know what to do without his key men running the same set plays as usual.
If Smith has the same short kicking game as Farah then I'm not here. I can't remember the last time he set up a try or earned a repeat set. Farah does it week in week out with a crocked back, useless coach and surrounded by a bunch of dummies.
Smith, whilst being better than the utterly useless Buderus (how funny is it watching him trying to suck the markers in when he accelerates and steps like a b-double) has none of the acceleration or slight of hand other, better hookers display when rolling a pack. Sure, he brings his big men through well, but can you imagine him doing it at the Tigers?