International.

 Having acquired the England team, it seemed the logical thing to do was have a game, and what better than Australia as opponents!!

                 Australia lined up for pre match photo!!

               England ready and in the frame.

            I decided to make the game more open with a slight tweak to the rules, normally to run with the ball the figure must having made contact, remain within 2 inches of the ball, the kicking wedge base is 2 inches long. However that can make progress a little slow, so I think the best ploy is, once possession has been established the figure may then have 2 kicks of any length, but after that must again do a possession flick, or any player that was behind the play of the ball may attempt to gain possession. If possession is gained, then up to 2 kicks of any length are again allowed, but must be followed with a regain possession flick.

           The game works well played like this, with some pretty decent runs, and makes for a more flowing game. Australia executed a great long kick, putting the ball in the far left corner of England's in goal area, players of neither side were particularly near the ball, and Australia's attempt at possession fell short, but alas so did England's, this left Australia in a good position to attempt a try, which was successful right in the left corner. This of course meant a fairly tight angle for the conversion attempt, but the ball sailed right between the posts in spectacular fashion! There was only a few minutes of the first half left, and England managed to get in position to attempt a drop goal, but the ball fell short of the posts, and that was the end of the fist half.

         Second half got off to a good start for England, though their attacks were met with good defence, and it looked like they were never going to score. However a good kick forward put the ball in front of the posts, and the resulting swerve shot to gain possession was pure magic with the player ending up right by the ball, from there it was relatively easy to score the try just to the right of the posts. From this position the conversion should have been a piece of cake, but unfortunately swung wide of the right hand post. The rest of the half seemed to swing evenly either way, and in the closing minutes England again were in a threatening position right down by the Australian line, but did not take advantage of the situation, thus allowing Australia to clear their line, and end of match.
 Australia 7     England 5.