{"id":265551,"date":"2025-11-16T05:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T05:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/265551\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T05:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T05:57:08","slug":"what-a-new-zealand-launch-scathing-attack-on-henry-pollock-page-2-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/265551\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;What a ****&#8221; &#8211; New Zealand launch scathing attack on Henry Pollock &#8211; Page 2 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>#2. Jamie George<\/p>\n<p>Telegraph 3, Rugby Pass 5, London Evening Standard 6, Mail Online 4, Planet Rugby 5<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s line-out woes fell heavily on Jamie George, whose three misfires in the first half set the tone for a malfunctioning set piece. Although he held up well in the scrum, the hooker struggled to settle into the game and was withdrawn early in the second half. <\/p>\n<p>With multiple outlets pointing to the line-out \u201cimplosion,\u201d George\u2019s display will go down as one of his more forgettable outings in an England shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Quotes:<\/p>\n<p>Mail Online: \u201cThree first-half line-out throws couldn\u2019t find their targets and it summed up a day that wasn\u2019t one of his best. Substituted early in the second half.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LES: \u201cEngland\u2019s line-out struggled and they lost three of their five in the first half. Taken off early after the break.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Telegraph: \u201cThe line-out is a multi-man operation, but it is the hooker\u2019s responsibility and thus George shoulders blame for its complete implosion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetrugby.com\/news\/england-player-ratings-george-ford-produces-complete-masterclass-as-lions-legend-puts-in-monumental-shift-to-down-all-blacks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Planet Rugby<\/a>: \u201c\u00a0Limped off early into the second half. Oddly struggled in the lineout, and struggled to keep pace with the game. Not his finest outing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rugby Pass: \u201cThree first-half lineout disasters was a poor return for the experienced hooker, who had more success in the middle of the solid front row at scrum-time, but not his finest performance for his country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Replacement: Luke Cowan-Dickie steadied things off the bench<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUES ON PAGE THREE<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"#2. Jamie George Telegraph 3, Rugby Pass 5, London Evening Standard 6, Mail Online 4, Planet Rugby 5&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-265551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}