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The 2012 International Origin series was the second time the rugby league International Origin has been played. It was a two-game series between England and Exiles RL as a follow-up to the 2011 International Origin series. There was a couple of changes in personnel for the Exiles team in 2012, a key change being that former St Helens coach Daniel Anderson was selected to be the head coach of the Exiles; also, former Exiles captain Danny Buderus went back to Australia following the 2011 season so former New South Wales fullback Brett Hodgson replaced him as captain. == Game 1 == England's side consisted of 15 players who had played internationally for England or Great Britain in the past but handed a debut to Wigan Warriors prop Lee Mossop and also Wigan winger Josh Charnley, who was selected after scoring 22 Super League tries in the 2012 season. Also, Wigan forward Gareth Hock was called up for international selection for the first time since being banned for two years for failing a drugs test. The Exiles coach, Daniel Anderson, had originally picked Warrington Wolves fullback Brett Hodgson in his starting line-up but due to an injury he had to call up Hull KR fullback Shannon McDonnell as a replacement the day before the match; also Setaimata Sa was supposed to start in the centre but again due to injury he had to be replaced by Daryl Millard. Wigan Warriors halfback Brett Finch was also supposed to feature but once again injury forced him out of the squad, meaning Wigan team-mate Thomas Leuluai had to fill in at stand off whilst Lance Hohaia had to replace injured Michael Monaghan at hooker in the week leading up to the game. First half Heavy rain caused the match to be a mainly forward-dominated game; however, both sides did try to throw the ball about a bit. The weather caused both teams to knock on a few times in the opening minutes and players from both sides put in some huge tackles with a notable one coming from the Exiles Francis Meli on England's Sam Tomkins. The mistakes continued until the Exiles loose forward David Fa'alogo dropped the ball 35 metres from his own line, giving England possession in the Exiles half. After a solid set in possession, Rangi Chase put a grabber kick through which ricocheted off Scott Dureau's hand and Gareth Hock picked the ball up, dummied Shannon McDonnell and crossed to score the game's first try. Kevin Sinfield added the conversion to put England into an early 6–0 lead. James Roby went close to scoring after 26 minutes as he put a grubber through from 5 metres out and chased it before McDonnell knocked it dead for a drop out. In the resulting set of six, England got themselves to the last tackle, Rangi Chase then put a crossfield kick in from dummy half and centre Carl Ablett knocked it back to Sinfield who's offload gave Danny Tickle a try after barging through Tony Puletua and McDonnell. Sinfield converted to take England into a 12-0 lead. On the next set try scorer Danny Tickle knocked on on his 40-metre line and gifted the Exiles vital possession. After a couple of tackles the Exiles threw the ball wide from right to left going through Thomas Leuluai's hands to Scott Dureau who's cut out pass found winger Francis Meli who only needed to slide in the corner for a try. Dureau couldn't convert the kick from the touchline. Second half England started off well in the second half and the first chance they got at attacking the Exiles line, stand off Rangi Chase nearly dropped it in a spread play however he hung on even after a massive shot from Antonio Kaufusi. In the next play the England side kept the ball alive and kept offloading until they ended up at the other side of the pitch where Kevin Sinfield put in a crossfield kick to the left wing. Exiles winger Joel Monaghan couldn't take the kick and it bounced off his hands into the arms of England star Sam Tomkins who rounded stand off Thomas Leuluai to score in the corner, Sinfield kicked the goal from the touchline to take England into a lead the scores being 18-4. Another mistake from the Exiles, this time from fullback Shannon McDonnell, allowed England vital field position once again. Rob Burrow had a couple of good runs in the resulting set to place England in an attacking position. Sam Tomkins sliced through a gap however some excellent scrambling defence from the Exiles meant that Tomkins had to put a grubber through to Ryan Hall who was only denied a try by some outstanding defence from Thomas Leuluai as Hall crossed the line and knocked on. However, the tackle came at a cost as Exiles captain Leuluai was stretchered off the field with a season-ending ankle injury. In the 60th minute, the Exiles enjoyed four repeat sets on England's line but looked like they couldn't get through to score. However a Lance Hohaia grubber caused problems for Sam Tomkins and he dropped it gifting the Exiles yet another set of six on England's line in the 66th minute, from the resulting set scrum half Scott Dureau grubbered the ball through on the 4th tackle and centre Daryl Millard was first to reach the ball and scored the final try of the game for the Exiles, Dureau added the conversion bringing the score to 18-10 in England's favour. England hooker James Roby was named Man of the Match. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2012 International Origin series」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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